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Former head of Peru soccer body extradited to U.S. in bribe case (Reuters)
 By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former head of the Peruvian soccer federation is expected to appear in court on Friday after being extradited from Peru to face U.S. charges stemming from a wide-ranging bribery investigation involving FIFA, the sport's world governing body. Manuel Burga, who led the Peruvian Football Federation from 2002 to 2014, is expected to be arraigned later on Friday in federal court in Brooklyn, a spokeswoman for the prosecution said. Burga's extradition was approved by Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a resolution published on Nov. 24 in the official gazette, El Peruano, five months after a Peruvian court found that the U.S. request was substantiated. More...
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