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Ex-head of Salvadoran soccer federation given eight years in prison
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 [March 07, 2017]
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The
former president of El Salvador's soccer federation, who is wanted
in the United States for alleged corruption, was sentenced to eight
years in Salvadoran prison for labor fraud, the country's attorney
general's office said on Monday.
Reynaldo Vasquez, head of FESFUT between 2009 and 2010, was found
guilty of improperly appropriating insurance discounts, provisions
and union dues from 204 workers of a family-owned bed-manufacturing
company between 2012 and 2014, the attorney general's office said.
"It's surprising; it is not based on law," Vasquez said at the
courthouse, referring to the sentence, which also forces him to pay
$400,000 to resolve his civil liability.
His lawyer said he would file an appeal.
Vasquez has had an extradition order to the United States since 2015
for his connection to five cases of alleged bribery linked to
commercial deals for the broadcasting of qualifiers for the 2014 and
2018 World Cups.
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He is among 16 people who were indicted by U.S. prosecutors for
participating in the multimillion dollar corruption scheme within
soccer's world governing body FIFA.
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Writing by Natalie Schachar; Editing
by Lisa Shumaker)
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