NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suspended Guatemalan judge who was arrested while aboard a Disney cruise ship has pleaded not guilty to charges that he took bribes in exchange for media and marketing rights to World Cup qualifier matches.
Héctor Trujillo, who was secretary general of the Guatemalan football federation and a judge on the country's Constitutional Court until his Dec. 4 arrest, entered his plea on Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, a spokeswoman for Brooklyn prosecutors said on Thursday.
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