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LatinNews Daily - 24 October 2016

Argentina rejects Deluca extradition request

Argentina: On 18 October, Argentine federal judge Claudio Bonadio rejected a US extradition request for Eduardo Deluca, the former general secretary of the South American football confederation (Conmebol), and father-and-son sports marketing team Hugo and Mariano Jinkis. They face charges including bribery, corruption, and asset laundering as part of the investigation into the alleged corruption involving high-ranking executives of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa), football’s global governing body. The case came to light in May 2015 after a number of Fifa officials were arrested in Switzerland following a US indictment. According to the 84-page opinion published by Argentina’s judicial information agency (CIJ): “For the Jinkis (pair) and Deluca to face the same charges in two ongoing investigations in the jurisdictions of New York and Buenos Aires would put their constitutional rights at risk.” 

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