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Switzerland extradites Costa Rica ex-football chief to US | |
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Eduardo Li - former president of the Costa Rican Football Federation - has been extradited to the US, the Swiss justice ministry says. | |
He was handed over to the US police in Zurich and then flown to New York. | |
Mr Li is one of seven officials with Fifa, world football's governing body, who were arrested in Zurich in May, amid a huge corruption investigation. | |
Separately, Switzerland will extradite former Fifa Vice-President Eugenio Figueredo to his native Uruguay. |