ASUNCION, June 25 (Reuters) - Paraguay's president ratified a new law stripping the headquarters of South America's CONMEBOL soccer confederation of its immunity, paving the way for possible police raids on the complex as the investigation into graft in world soccer deepens.
President Horacio Cartes' endorsement of the legislation was published in Paraguay's official gazette on Thursday. Officials from CONMEBOL were not immediately available for comment.
The law to revoke immunity was first presented to Congress days after U.S. Justice Department officials indicted 14 current and former football officials and corporate executives on a raft of corruption charges.