This combination of file photos shows Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) region officials implicated in the bribery and corruption scandal engulfing FIFA. The officials were named in a statement released by the US Justice Department on December 3, 2016. Left to right from top row are Alfredo Hawit, current FIFA vice president; Ariel Alvarado, current member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee; Rafael Callejas, current member of the FIFA Television and Marketing Committee; Brayan Jiménez, current Guatemalan soccer federation president; Rafael Salguero, former FIFA Executive Committee; Héctor Trujillo, current Guatemalan soccer federation general secretary; and Reynaldo Vazquez, former Salvadoran soccer federation president. AFP PHOTO
This combination of file photos shows Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) region officials implicated in the bribery and corruption scandal engulfing FIFA. The officials were named in a statement released by the US Justice Department on December 3, 2016. Left to right from top row are Alfredo Hawit, current FIFA vice president; Ariel Alvarado, current member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee; Rafael Callejas, current member of the FIFA Television and Marketing Committee; Brayan Jiménez, current Guatemalan soccer federation president; Rafael Salguero, former FIFA Executive Committee; Héctor Trujillo, current Guatemalan soccer federation general secretary; and Reynaldo Vazquez, former Salvadoran soccer federation president. AFP PHOTO

MIAMI: US authorities swooped at dawn Friday (Saturday in Manila) on a Disney cruise ship in Florida where a top Guatemalan football official wanted over the deepening FIFA corruption scandal was enjoying a family holiday, officials and media said.

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