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Paraguayan authorities raid CONMEBOL's headquarters as part of FIFA probe

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South American football's governing body is under the spotlight once again.

On Thursday, more than one month after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted nine CONMEBOL officials, Paraguayan authorities raided the confederation's offices in Asuncion, Paraguay as part of the investigation into the corruption scandal engulfing FIFA.

In December, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 16 additional FIFA officials on charges of racketeering conspiracy and corruption, among other offenses - nine of whom were current or former members of CONMEBOL.

Related: 16 additional FIFA officials indicted for racketeering conspiracy, corruption

Among those indicted from CONMEBOL were:

  • Juan Angel Napout - former president of CONMEBOL, current FIFA vice-president
  • Manuel Burga - former president of Peru's soccer federation
  • Carlos Chavez - current treasurer of CONMEBOL, former president of Bolivia's soccer federation
  • Luis Chiriboga - current president of Ecuador's soccer federation
  • Marco Polo del Nero - current president of Brazil's soccer federation and former member of FIFA's Executive Committee
  • Eduardo Deluca - former general secretary of CONMEBOL
  • Jose Luis Meiszner - current general secretary of CONMEBOL
  • Romer Osuna - former treasurer of CONMEBOL
  • Ricardo Teixeira - former president of Brazil's soccer federation and former member of FIFA's Executive Committee

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