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Argentina lawyer named in FIFA trial commits suicide - police
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 / 2:46 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Reuters Staff
BUENOS AIRES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Argentine lawyer for a government-run soccer television programme ran in front of a Buenos Aires train and committed suicide late on Tuesday, hours after being accused in a New York court of receiving bribes, police said.
Jorge Delhon, attorney for the Futbol Para Todos (Soccer for All) programme, received bribes from the end of 2011 to 2014, according to testimony by the former head of sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias, Alejandro Burzaco, as recorded in a court transcript seen by Reuters.
The driver of the train told police a man later identified as Delhon, 50, ran along the tracks in Lanus, Buenos Aires, the local police department said in a statement that called the death a suicide.
The driver honked and tried to brake, but the man was run over, the statement said.
Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-argentina-corruption-suicide/argentina-lawyer-named-in-fifa-trial-commits-suicide-police-idUKKBN1DF2YS?rpc=401&
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