Corruption is once again leaving soccer out of place in America

Corruption in football has landed in Brazil and took eight first league players to the stake, who, if proven guilty of falsifying the results, face up to six years in prison.

Match fixing, understood as illegal manipulation of resultsthat is, fabricating news such as punishments, injuries, reprimands or expulsions has already produced almost forty life sentences for soccer players and suspensions of up to five years for the same number of defendants in America since 2012.

Participating in exchange for bribes in a conspiracy of criminal organizations that thrive on gambling, fabricating winnings in matches or tournaments, qualifying for the championship or avoiding relegation put an end to the president’s career Paraguayan club Olimpia Marco Trovato September 28, 2020.

Despite the impact of the cases that have already been conducted El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, panorama remains complex in America and the tension often sets off alarm bells from north to south, from United States and Mexico, to Argentina through Panama, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.

Brazil and the new villains from ‘jogo bonito’

Ecuadorian midfielder Athletico Paranaense, Brian Garciamidfielder Uruguayan from Coritiba, Jesus Trindadeand the Argentine headquarters Bragantino, Kevin Lomónaco, stand out on the list of eight players in the league The Brazilian league mentioned in the alleged intercepted conversations with illegal gamblers.

‘Maximum punishment of the operation’ was launched last November by public ministry of the state of Goiás, in central Braziland found that the criminal organization offered players between $10,000 and $20,000 to guarantee certain results, receive a yellow card or sending off, or cause penalties and corners in each match.

The prosecutors have indications that the manipulation took place at three o’clock parties, including eight ‘Brasileirao’ last year.‘

2012

they started investigations.

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complaints in Paraguay.

Guatemala: three exiles and a scandal halfway through

On November 25, 2012, FIFA suspended the players for life. Yony ​​Flores, Guillermo Ramirez and Gustavo Cabrera.

The three are accused of manipulating the exchange rate of at least two parties National team of Guatemala against Venezuela June 1, 2011 and Costa Rica May 25, 2012; as well as one of Concacaf Champions League between Municipal and Santos Laguna.

Ten years later, when everything seemed to be forgotten, a new scandal was exposed. Goalkeeper coach of the Nueva Concepción team, Nicaraguan Ramón Alfonso Sánchez was accused of being the architect of the maneuver that saw his team lose 4 goals to Guastatoya on May 4 of that year.

The maneuver failed. And Sánchez and other alleged participants were denounced through anonymous messages. Four months later, investigations linked the three players to the failed conspiracy, but everything was diluted by the argument that there was no rigging, since there was no manipulation of the result.

El Salvador deletes 14 players from the map.

On September 20, 2013, fourteen players were banned for life for their involvement in match-fixing for the El Salvador team.

The defendants were found to have done little or nothing to prevent the defeats Picked against Mexico 5-0 during the 2011 Gold Cup. with the United States 2-1 in a friendly in 2010, against Paraguay 4-1 and with DC United 1-0 in 2012. Others received bans of five years, one and six months.

In 2016 legislative assembly included in Criminal law the criminal offense of sports fraud and a sentence of six years in prison.

Fires in Nicaragua and Honduras… Suspect in USA and Peru

On June 18, 2021, 19 football players, a former league coach and prop assistant, a total of 27 people, were suspended for life for spoiling the first and second matches Nicaraguan Division.

It was never specified whether the schedule of matches changed the outcome of the championship. However, teams with involved players, Juventus, Junior Managua and Matigás, They did not have relevant functions then.

Honduran Ramón Maradiaga began being investigated in July 2017 at the request FIFA Integrity Departmentwho saw irregularities in his role as El Salvador’s selector.

Indications were that the coach had at least tried to convince his players to accept the offer from the entity that was intent on guaranteeing a win for Canada. He was suspended for two years from all football activity.

midfielder Brazilian Max Alves it was removed at the beginning of May List of Colorado Rapids players while MLS is investigating whether he was involved in “illegal sports betting.”

An alleged betting case also came to light in Peru on May 9 includes Deportivo Coopsol and several players, who would receive between 3000 and 4000 dollars for twisting the results in the so-called League 2.