Ecuador’s football federation president, Luis Chiriboga, and secretary, Francisco Acosta, were placed under house arrest Saturday as part of the latest corruption scandal to hit FIFA.
The pair were named on a list of 16 officials charged with money laundering by U.S. authorities, which are investigating soccer’s governing body.
Una foto que conmueve. Seguramente será la imagen del año en Ecuador. Luis Chiriboga detenido. pic.twitter.com/r054zbw9Xb
— Walter Safarian (@waltersafarian)
December 4, 2015
“A photo that moves. Surely it will be the image of the year in Ecuador. Luis Chiboga detained.”
Chiriboga, also a member of the executive committee of South American soccer confederation CONMEBOL, handed himself into Ecuadorean authorities in Quito on Friday. He will face trial in his home country of Ecuador.
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"Ecuador does not permit the extradition of its citizens, but it assumes responsibility for investigating crimes, including those that Ecuadoreans may commit abroad, to prosecute them here," said Attorney General Galo Chiriboga, no relation to the indicted official.
Prosecutors also confirmed that the two officials were placed under house arrest out of respect for their ages. Chiriboga’s bank accounts, however, have been frozen since his arrest.
Another official, Vinicio Luna, has also been detained as part of the same investigation.
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After the U.S. Department of Justice announced the charges on Friday, two other international soccer officials, North and Central American soccer President Alfredo Hawit and CONMEBOL President Juan Angel Napout,were immediately detained after a raid at a Swiss hotel and arrested on suspicion of acceptingmillions of U.S. dollars in bribes.
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