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ZURICH -- A Swiss court has rejected an attempt by one of the imprisoned FIFA officials to be released on bail for medical reasons. The Federal Criminal Court didn't name the man. Six men remain in custody in Switzerland after being arrested in May on American charges while in Zurich for the FIFA Congress. U.S. extradition requests have already been granted, pending appeal, for Venezuelan football official Rafael Esquivel, ousted FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo and former Costa Rican federation president Eduardo Li. The U.S. blocked Nicaragua's attempt to extradite FIFA development staffer Julio Rocha. Costas Takkas, a British aide to former FIFA VP Jeffrey Webb, and Jose Maria Marin of Brazil remain in custody. Webb is the only one of the seven arrested in Zurich to now be in the U.S.
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