An Argentine wanted by the US in
connection with the investigation into allegations of corruption at Fifa
has turned himself in to police in Italy.
Alejandro Burzaco was
the president of Argentine sports marketing firm Torneos y Competencias
and one of 14 current and ex-Fifa officials and associates indicted over
the scandal. Interpol had issued an alert requesting his arrest.
He disappeared following the arrest of seven Fifa executives on 27 May.
Swiss
media reported that he was not in his room when police acting on
extradition requests from US authorities raided a hotel in the Swiss
city of Zurich, but was having breakfast and so was not arrested.
Mr
Burzaco, who also has Italian citizenship, walked into a police station
in the northern Italian city of Borzano along with his two lawyers on
Tuesday.
He is being held in a cell in Bolzano police station, officials told Spanish news agency Efe.
The
US Department of Justice alleges that Mr Burzaco conspired to win and
keep hold of lucrative media rights contracts from regional football
federations by paying up to $110m (£72m) in bribes.
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