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Rawell's Been Facing Narcotics Charges
posted (July 24, 2013)
Last night, we told you about Rawell Pelayo, the Vice President of the FFB, who was caught by US Authorities when he tried to go follow the team to the Gold Cup.

Tonight, he's being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, and he is now awaiting trial on grand jury charges related to narcotics smuggling into the US.

He is expected to stand trial in United States District Court in the Southern District of New York.

Pelayo's situation is becoming more serious, and today we spoke today with the President of the Football Federation of Belize. He told us that he will try to make contact with Pelayo when he goes to the US for the finals of the Gold Cup.

Ruperto Vicente - President, FFB
"We have not received any information - in fact the only information that I got is the one that I got on the news last night. We have no received further information about Mr. Pelayo, so I will be in contact with the embassy in Washington to see what information they can provide the federation about Mr. Pelayo but so far we have not received anything."

Daniel Ortiz
"Do you intend, while in the US on this particular trip, to get in touch with Mr. Pelayo personally?"

Ruperto Vicente
"I will do my best to try to get in contact with him but I will have to do it through the embassy. I do not have the contact information for Mr. Pelayo and I believe I will be in contact with his family to see what contact information they can give me in order to communicate with him."

According to the charges, Pelayo is suspected of smuggling narcotics in to the country from a period spanning October 2010 to May 2011.

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