Fifa trial: ex-president of Peru soccer acquitted of corruption charge

Manuel Burga wept after jurors found him not guilty of a single racketeering conspiracy charge, in a bribery scandal that saw two officials convicted last week

A former South American soccer official was acquitted Tuesday of a corruption charge stemming from the Fifa bribery scandal after two others were convicted last week.

The acquittal caps a trial in which US prosecutors sought to expose a culture of greed and corruption among the powerful men who oversee the world’s most popular sport.

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