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FIFA, CONMEBOL to audit Bolivian football federation finances

ASUNCION, Paraguay -- The president of South America's football confederation says CONMEBOL and FIFA will audit the finances of the Bolivian Football Federation, whose leader was jailed for alleged corruption.

Juan Angel Napout said Wednesday that the audit will be carried out through a private company. He spoke to The Associated Press from the Paraguayan capital that is home to CONMEBOL headquarters.

In July, Bolivia's Football Federation head Carlos Chavez was jailed on charges he diverted funds from a charity match. Napout said Chavez will be temporarily replaced by Argentine Football Association President Luis Segura.

Napout also said CONMEBOL's executive committee will meet in Asuncion Oct. 10 to examine a preliminary report by a U.S. law firm reviewing CONMEBOL's contracts with companies accused in the U.S. as part of a FIFA corruption investigation.

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