Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Latest: FIFA suspect extradited to US pleads not guilty (The Associated Press)

The longtime former head of the Nicaraguan soccer federation has pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges in a sprawling bribery case involving FIFA. Julio Rocha entered the plea in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday through his lawyer, William Sullivan. Rocha is the last of six men, including two FIFA vice presidents, to be extradited to the United States after their arrests in Zurich last May. Another was extradited to Uruguay.

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