Brazil's Jose Maria Marin agrees to U.S. extradition in FIFA scandal

GENEVA (AP) — The head of organizing the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has agreed to be extradited to the United States in the FIFA bribery case.

Jose Maria Marin agreed to the U.S request at a judicial hearing, Switzerland's justice ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Marin "must be placed in the custody of a U.S. police escort and taken to the USA within 10 days," said the ministry, which did not give details of the handover.

The 83-year-old Marin was arrested on May 27 in a dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich, two days before the FIFA presidential election.

Marin is accused of taking "bribes worth millions of dollars from sports marketing companies" in connection with four Copa America tournaments and the Copa do Brasil from 2013 through 2022.

"He is alleged to have shared these bribes with other soccer officials," the ministry said.

Marin faces 20 years in prison on racketeering charges.

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He is the last of the seven officials arrested in May to have the result of their extradition hearings announced.

Jeffrey Webb, a Cayman Islands banker who was then a FIFA vice president, also agreed to be extradited in July.

The other five officials are appealing against their extradition at Switzerland's federal criminal court, the ministry said.

Marin was appointed to the 2014 World Cup role after the resignation of Ricardo Teixeira, who was implicated in a previous FIFA scandal for taking million-dollar kickbacks from World Cup broadcasting deals.

Marin also succeeded Teixeira, a longtime FIFA executive committee member, as president of Brazilian football's governing body in 2012. He held that position until last April.

At the time of his arrest, Marin was involved in FIFA's organization of the football tournament for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Marin is among 14 football and marketing officials indicted in an alleged bribery and racketeering conspiracy allegedly worth more than $150 million. The alleged bribes were linked to hosting and broadcasting rights for the World Cup and continental tournaments in North and South America. Four more men had guilty pleas unsealed.

Marin and several South and North American officials already shared at least $40 million in bribes paid, according to the U.S. indictment published in May. The money was linked to various editions of the Copa America tournament, including the centenary event scheduled to be hosted by the United States next year.

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Faces of the FIFA Scandal

Sepp Blatter

FIFA president

Jerome Valcke

FIFA general secretary

Michel Platini

UEFA president; FIFA Vice President; FIFA presidential hopeful

Jack Warner

Ex–CONCACAF president; FIFA Vice President

Jeffrey Webb

Ex–Cayman Islands federation and CONCACAF president; FIFA Vice President

Chuck Blazer

Ex-CONCACAF general secretary; FIFA executive committee

Alfredo Hawit

CONCACAF President; FIFA vice president, executive committee; Former president, Honduras football federation

Juan Angel Napout

CONMEBOL president, FIFA vice president, executive committee; Former president, Paraguay football federation

Jose Luis Meiszner

CONMEBOL general secretary

Marco Polo del Nero

Former FIFA executive committee; President, Brazil football federation

Ricardo Teixeira

Former FIFA executive committee; Former president, Brazil football federation

Eduardo Li

Ex–Costa Rica federation president; FIFA, CONCACAF executive committees

Eugenio Figueredo

Ex–Uruguay federation and CONMEBOL president; FIFA Vice President

Jose Maria Marin

Ex–Brazil federation president; CONMEBOL executive committee

Rafael Salguero

Former FIFA executive committee; Former president, Guatemalan football federation

Manuel Burga

FIFA development committee; Former president, Peru football federation

Ariel Alvarado

Former president, Panama football federation; FIFA disciplinary committee

Eduardo Deluca

Former CONMEBOL, Argentina football federation general secretary

Luís Chiriboga

CONMEBOL executive committee; President, Ecuador football federation

Rafael Callejas

FIFA television and marketing committee; Former president, Honduras; Former president, Honduras football federation

Rafael Esquivel

Ex–Venezuela federation president; CONMEBOL executive committee

Carlos Chavez

CONMEBOL treasurer; Former president, Bolivia football federation

Nicolas Leoz

Ex–CONMEBOL president, FIFA executive committee

Julio Rocha

Ex–Nicaragua federation and Central American Football Union president

Romer Osuna

FIFA audit and compliance committee; Former CONMEBOL treasurer.

Alejandro Burzaco

CEO of Torneos y Competencias

Aaron Davidson

President, Traffic Sports USA

Hugo Jinkis

President, Full Play Group

Mariano Jinkis

Vice President, Full Play Group

Loretta Lynch

U.S. Attorney General

Michael Lauber

Switzerland Attorney General