Police in Guatemala on Wednesday arrested a former head of the country’s football federation as part of a major United States corruption investigation into the sport’s world governing body, FIFA
The suspect, Brayan Jimenez, had been on the run since last month, when the U.S issued an arrest warrant for 16 Latin American football officials, the BBC reports.
He was detained at a block of flats in the capital, Guatemala City.
His lawyer said he would not fight the extradition request.
“He will prove his innocence in the courts of the United States,” said his lawyer, Francisco Garcia Gudiel.
Mr. Jimenez was head of the Guatemalan Football Federation (Fedefut) from 2010 until last year.
U.S prosecutors said he and former Fedefut Secretary-General, Hector Trujillo took a “six-digit bribe” to sell the television rights to qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup.
Mr. Trujillo was arrested in the U.S last month.