Ex-Guatemalan soccer chief pleads guilty to bribery charges

A former president of Gua-temala's soccer federation pleaded guilty to charges he received bribes to award lucrative media and marketing rights for matches, the latest development in the US corruption investigation into world soccer's governing body FIFA. Brayan Jimenez said he was guilty of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud charges at a hearing in federal court in front of United States magistrate Judge Robert Levy. Jimenez is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for authorising "friendly" matches played by the Guatemalan national team and for awarding contracts for media rights for the team's World Cup qualifier matches to the sports marketing firm Media World. Jimenez, who had been president of the country's federation since 2010, was arrested in Guatemala in January and later extradited to the US. He now faces a maximum sentence of 20 years for each count.

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