Ex-South America football boss deported to U.S. from Switzerland

Rafael Esquivel, Venezuela's national soccer federation president, attends a news conference in Caracas May 10, 2012. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/Files

ZURICH (Reuters) - A former South American football boss was handed over to U.S. authorities for extradition to the United States on Monday to face corruption charges as part of a broader scandal shaking world football body FIFA.

Two U.S. law enforcement officers escorted Rafael Esquivel, a former president of the Venezuelan Football Federation and vice president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), to an aircraft in Zurich for a flight to New York.