2 FIFA Executives Found Guilty in Corruption Trial

A jury convicted two former South American football officials of a racketeering conspiracy as part of the FIFA bribery investigation in New York on Friday. 

The news was confirmed by Rob Harris of the Associated Press:

The AP Twitter account provided further details of those involved:

In a separate report from AP, the officials are named as Jose Maria Marin and Juan Angel Napout, who are from Brazil and Paraguay respectively.

The report notes the jury have yet to decide on whether to convict Manuel Burga of Peru, with deliberation to continue next week.

The Guardian's Oliver Laughland provided further details regarding the charges against those involved:

In the aforementioned AP report, it states "prosecutors accused them of agreeing to take millions of dollars in bribes from marketing firms seeking commercial rights to big soccer tournaments."

Marin, Napout and Burga were all arrested by authorities in 2015 as part of the federal investigation into corruption at world football's governing body.

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Per a separate piece from Laughland, there have already been 23 guilty pleas made to prosecutors against "individuals and entities." It's also noted 40 individuals and companies have already been hit with charges as part of the ongoing investigation carried out by the United States attorney's office.

FIFA's headquarters in Zurich were raided on May 27, 2015 amid allegations that around $150 million (£112 million) had been received by various parties in bribes since the early 1990s.

The cases in question are the first stemming from the investigation to come to trial.