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Former Director of FIFA is extradited to United States 20.05.2016

The former President of the Football Federation of Nicaragua and a former director for the development of FIFA, Julio Rocha was extradited to the United States.
'Julio Rocha, former President of the Football Federation of Nicaragua, today was extradited to the United States. Two American police officers took him in Zurich and will accompany him on the flight to New York.', it was announced in a press release from the Ministry of Justice of Switzerland.
Julio Rocha, 65-year-old, was arrested on 27 May 2015 in Zurich for the FIFA corruption scandal along with six other officials of FIFA, who were extradited to the United States or in their countries. Julio Rocha was the last of that group and today he was extradited to the United States.

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