Ex-Honduran leader caught in FIFA scandal dies in U.S.

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Ex-Honduran leader caught in FIFA scandal dies in U.S.
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A former president of Honduras who was convicted in the FIFA soccer bribery scandal died in the United States.

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2006 file photo, Honduras' former President Rafael Leonardo Callejas speaks to the press in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Callejas, who was convicted in the FIFA soccer bribery scandal, died in the United States in an Atlanta prison on Saturday, April 4, 2020. He was 76.

Rafael Callejas governed Honduras from 1990 to 1994, but he was better known for soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the wide-ranging FIFA soccer scandal over lucrative broadcast rights. Current Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez confirmed Callejas’ death, adding on his Twitter account that “we enormously regret” the loss of the former leader. Hernandez said Callejas is survived by his wife, children and grandchildren.After leaving office, Callejas was once a member of FIFA’s television and marketing committee.

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