ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's president ratified a new law stripping the headquarters of South America's CONMEBOL football confederation of its immunity, paving the way for possible police raids on the complex as the investigation into graft in world football deepens.
President Horacio Cartes' endorsement of the legislation was published in Paraguay's official gazette on Thursday. Officials from CONMEBOL were not immediately available for comment.
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