Top left to right: Rafael Esquivel, Jose Maria Marin, Eduardo Li, and Eugenio Figueredo. Bottom left to right: Nicolas Leoz, Jack Warner, Jeffrey Webb, and Julio Rocha. The eight men are among nine football officials indicted on corruption charges the United States Justice department confirmed on May 27, 2015.
Geneva – The U.S. has formally asked Switzerland to extradite the seven FIFA officials arrested in May for alleged corruption.
“On July 1, the U.S. embassy in Bern sent Switzerland formal extradition requests within the timeframe set down in the bilateral extradition treaty,’’ the Federal Office of Justice said in a statement.
The seven officials were arrested in Zurich on May 27, the first day of a FIFA Executive Congress.
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