The two FIFA officials detained in Zurich on Thursday on suspicion of corruption are vice presidents Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay and Alfredo Hawit of Honduras, a senior FIFA official said.
“The two who were arrested are Juan Angel Napout from Paraguay and Alfredo Hawit Banegas from Honduras,” the FIFA official, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
Napout is president of the South American Football Confederation while Hawit is president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football.