Peru extradites ex-soccer boss to US on bribery charges
Posted December 02, 2016 6:00 am
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru has extradited the country's former soccer boss to the United States for his alleged involvement in a multibillion-dollar FIFA bribery scandal involving marketing and broadcasting rights.
Manuel Burga was sent to New York on a commercial flight before dawn on Friday.
He has been in jail since December 2015 as part of the investigation. Peru's Supreme Court in June cleared the way for his extradition and President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signed a decree authorizing the move a week ago.
Burga oversaw Peru's football federation for more than a decade until 2014. He has denied any wrongdoing.
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