ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's Congress on Thursday approved a measure withdrawing immunity from the Asuncion headquarters of South America's CONMEBOL football confederation, some of whose officials were charged with corruption by U.S. prosecutors last month.
CONMEBOL's headquarters, on a 40-hectare site near Paraguay's capital city, had enjoyed immunity from search since the office was opened in 1997.
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