Ex CONMEBOL official surrenders to Argentine police in FIFA probe - media

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A former top official inside South America's football confederation, Jose Luis Meiszner, surrendered to Argentine police on Wednesday, local media said, after U.S. justice officials charged him with involvement in a FIFA bribery racket.

Ex CONMEBOL official surrenders to Argentine police in FIFA probe - media

(Reuters)





News Channel TN showed Meiszner arriving at a police station in Quilmes just south of the capital Buenos Aires.

Meiszner stepped down as secretary-general of the CONMEBOL confederation on Dec. 4.









(Editing by Richard Lough)


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