Judge releases Argentine FIFA suspects from house arrest

Argentine businessman Hugo Jinkis,who is wanted by U.S. prosecutors in a FIFA bribery investigation, is escorted by a police officer after he turned himself, alongside his son Mariano, in to authorities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine judge on Friday released Hugo and Mariano Jinkis from house arrest while he examines a U.S. request for their extradition to face corruption charges related to alleged graft inside FIFA, football's world governing body.

Judge Claudio Bonadio's ruling came after he halted processing the extradition request this week for 30 days in order to seek more information from U.S. justice officials.