The special hearing began that will determine when he will be sent to the United States, which is requesting him for corruption in gaming rights of the Selecta
Reynaldo Vásquez, the former president of the Salvadoran Football Federation (Fesfut), is required by US authorities and will be extradited to that country.
On this day, the Tenth Justice of the Peace Court set up a special hearing to determine, within a maximum of 12 days, the logistics and security protocol (Covid-19) in order to send the former director to the nation. American.
It was in August 2017 that the extradition of the former president of the Cusco Federation was determined, but he served his sentence due to the appropriation of tax withholdings of employees in a company of which he was the legal representative, Mobilia SA The sentence received for this case was 8 years, reduced for good behavior to 5 that he already served, but remains in prison awaiting extradition.
“That sentence culminated on June 7, 2020, but he has not yet regained his freedom, precisely because his extradition request to the United States is pending, as it is being claimed by the New York District Court for the East.” says the report of the Judicial Center Isidre Menéndez.
The former director was president of Fesfut but within a standardization commission, which was set up in 2008 and served until 2010 at the head of the sports institution. However, from 2015 began an investigation that led to the claim by the United States for organized crime, in particular, the issue of corruption in FIFA.
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And is that the United States Department of Justice accuses the defendant of receiving money from the company Media World in exchange for marketing rights and television of the Salvadoran National Football Team of the qualifying games for the World Cup Brazil 2014.
Media World began a relationship with Fesfut in October 2009, when the two parties signed the first rights assignment contract (which expired in 2013), through Vásquez.
In the special hearing was staff of the Anonymous Port Executive Commission (CEPA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interpol and a representative of the United States Department of Migration, and the purpose of the same is to establish the logistics and the date on which Vásquez will be sent, as long as not positive to Coronavirus in PCR tests.
The parties will meet again on the 20th of this month to determine that all the required documentation and logistics will be agreed to carry out the transfer of the street, which is located in the L’Esperança Penitentiary Center, known as Mariona.
Vásquez was disqualified for life by FIFA from any activity related to federated football for violating its Code of Ethics.
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“Vásquez Romero was chairman of the Fesfut Standardization Commission in the period 2009-2010 is required by the United States Justice for the crime of criminal association for organized crime and his extradition was authorized by the Supreme Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, on August 29, 2017, which will take effect now that the defendant has already served the pending sentence in El Salvador for the crime of withholding of labor contributions, “said the press report of the Judicial Center.