Arab Times

Oviedo arrested in probe:

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Police arrested Peru’s Football Federation chief Edwin Oviedo early Thursday on suspicion of involvemen­t in a “corruption network” involving judges and businessme­n, a prosecutor said.

Oviedo was detained in an early morning raid on his home in Lima, and other arrests were likely, said prosecutor Jorge Chavez, coordinato­r of Lima’s organized crime unit.

Meanwhile, a court in Lima is expected to rule soon on a prosecutio­n

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