Former FIFA official Juan Angel Napout to be released from US prison and deported
The HinduJuan Ángel Napout, the former president of football’s South American governing body, CONMEBOL, is to be released from a federal prison and deported after serving 5 1/2 years of his sentence. Peace wrote that Napout is subject to being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and ICE “expects to take custody of Mr. Napout upon his release. for the purpose of removing him from the country.” “ICE has indicated it may also facilitate immediate self-removal, which would entail working with Mr. Napout and his counsel to secure a flight out of the country and working with the Paraguayan consulate to prepare an emergency passport.” Napout was banned for life by FIFA in 2019. He was president of the South American governing body CONMEBOL from August 2014 until December 2015, president of the Paraguayan Football Association from 2007-14 and a member of FIFA’s executive committee.
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