Former FIFA official Eugenio Figueredo (C) arrives to court in Montevideo after being extradited from Switzerland to Uruguay, December 24, 2015. REUTERS/Dante Fernandez
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A little-known criminal case in Uruguay is hindering U.S. efforts to prosecute a top official charged in the wide-reaching investigation into corruption at world football body FIFA.
In an unexpected turn of events, Swiss authorities on Christmas Eve extradited a former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo, arrested in Zurich in May at the request of U.S. prosecutors, to his native Uruguay instead of to the United States.
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