Switzerland OKs extradition of soccer's Figueredo to Uruguay

[December 18, 2015]  MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Switzerland has authorized the extradition of Eugenio Figueredo, the former head of South America's CONMEBOL soccer body, to Uruguay to face trial on corruption charges, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday.

"Switzerland has authorized Figueredo's extradition to Uruguay instead of the United States," the source told Reuters, requesting anonymity. "Uruguay's justice system has until Dec. 30 to bring him to the country.

"This is the only case in which one of the people under arrest was not extradited to the United States," the source said.

(Reporting by Malena Castaldi; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Lisa Von Ahn)

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