FIFA vice president agrees to extradition
Alfredo Hawit, suspended former FIFA vice-president, has agreed to his extradition to the United States.
Suspended FIFA vice-president Alfredo Hawit has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face charges of corruption.
The former CONCACAF president was issued a 90-day ban from football activities in December when he was detained by Swiss police after raids on a Zurich hotel in May of last year.
Hawit is accused of "accepting bribes totalling millions of dollars in connection with the sale to various sports marketing firms of marketing rights to football tournaments in Latin America", according to the Swiss Federal Office of Justice.
Having initially contested his extradition, Hawit has now agreed to be sent to the US and must be escorted from Switzerland by American police within the next 10 days.
The 64-year-old had previously denied any wrongdoing and appealed against his suspension by FIFA, which was rejected.
Fellow FIFA official Juan Angel Napout, who was suspended alongside Hawit, agreed to his own extradition last month.