FIFA ban vice-presidents Juan Ángel Napout and Alfredo Hawit
Friday 4 December 2015 23:05, UK
FIFA's ethics committee has suspended vice-presidents Juan Ángel Napout and Alfredo Hawit from all football-related activities for 90 days after they were arrested in Zurich.
Napout, the head of South American football, and Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football [CONCACAF] president Hawit, have both been indicted by US authorities as part of a conspiracy accused of corruption offences totalling £130m.
Both are in custody and are fighting extradition to the USA.
The FIFA vice-presidents are alleged to have taken money in return for selling marketing rights in connection with football tournaments in Latin America, as well as World Cup qualifying matches.
Swiss police made a raid on the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich on behalf of the US Department of Justice on Thursday.
The statement from FIFA said: "The reason for the ban, which was based on the request of the investigatory chamber under its chairman Dr Cornel Borbély, is the indictment issued yesterday by the United States Department of Justice for charges of racketeering, conspiracy and corruption."
Elsewhere, general secretary of the Guatemala FA, Hector Trujillo, was also arrested on a cruise ship in Florida on Friday.
The arrest came a day after Trujillo, who is also a judge on the Central American country's constitutional court, was also charged in the US probe, the FBI said.
An FBI spokeswoman said Trujillo, 62, was arrested when officials of US Customs and Border Protection went to his cabin door.
