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Rafael Esquivel, a former president of the Venezuelan
Football Federation and vice president of the South American
Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) is accused by the U.S.
Department of Justice of receiving bribes worth millions of
dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights to
regional soccer tournaments.
Esquivel, wearing prison issue khaki coveralls at a court
hearing in front of Brooklyn federal judge Raymond Dearie, was
to be released to his son and daughter after securing the bond
with $2 million in cash and 12 properties.
He will be subject to home confinement and electronic
monitoring.
The judge said Esquivel would not be permitted to leave New York
or Florida, but did not give details about where he will be
held.
A lawyer for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn said at the
hearing it was "a substantial bail package." Esquivel's attorney
did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Esquivel is one of 42 individuals and entities charged by U.S.
authorities investigating corruption in FIFA in a probe that has
rocked soccer worldwide and sent the organization into crisis.
He was arrested last May in Zurich and extradited to the United
States earlier this month.
(Reporting by Brendan McDermid and Mica Rosenberg; Editing by
Bernard Orr)
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