By Andrew Warshaw
October 25 – Guatemala is the latest country to become embroiled in match-fixing, with three players banned for life by FIFA.
Guillermo Ramírez (pictured top), Yony Flores and Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera had already been banned by the National Football Federation of Guatemala.
One of the games affected was the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Champions League fixture between Mexico’s Santos Laguna and Guatemalan club CSD Municipal, which Santos won 6-1 in October 2010.
The players were also found to have been involved in fixing Guatemala’s 3-2 friendly defeat by Costa Rica in May 2012 and last June’s 2-0 loss in a friendly with Venezuela.
“The Disciplinary Body of the Guatemala FA, after having conducted complete and extensive investigations, passed their decisions on September 6 2012, which are now final and binding,” said a FIFA a statement.
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