SOCCER-FIFA/ROCHA Former FIFA official Rocha agrees to be extradited to Nicaragua

Record ID: 143914

  • Title: SOCCER-FIFA/ROCHA Former FIFA official Rocha agrees to be extradited to Nicaragua
  • Date: 14th August 2015
  • Summary: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA (FILE - MAY 27, 2015) (REUTERS) ROAD THAT LEADS TO NATIONAL FOOTBALL STADIUM SIGN TO STADIUM VARIOUS OF STADIUM
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2015 13:00
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
    Former FIFA soccer official Julio Rocha has agreed to be extradited to his native Nicaragua, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FoJ) said on Friday (August 14).
    "The Nicaraguan criminal prosecution authorities, like their U.S. counterparts, suspect Rocha of having abused his office for personal gain," said the FoJ in a statement emailed to Reuters.
    It added that the request had come from the Nicaraguan embassy in Berne.
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