The Football Federation of Belize is scheduled to have its eighth ordinary congress in Belmopan tomorrow and one of the agenda items is the expulsion of FFB Executive Member Rawell Pelayo. As we have reported, Pelayo who was snatched up by US Authorities when he flew to Houston for the Gold Cup in July, 2013, spent 21 months in US custody before he was deported to Belize on Tuesday. The FFB Congress had previously voted to keep him on as senior vice president - and the Federation seemed to think that he had gotten off narcotics charges. But as we have shown you, on June 30th of 2014, Pelayo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle half a kilo of cocaine into New York. And was sentenced to two years. So now, looking at this agenda, it seems that the Federation wishes to expel him. But, sources tell us that agenda item was actually finalized 60 days ago - and it will probably be stricken from tomorrow's agenda. That's because FFB Executive members seem to be planning a more graceful exit for Pelayo - one that he might be disposed to accepting. They expect to meet with him next week, likely to discuss an orderly departure.
We couldn't confirm this because President Ruperto Vicente has not been answering our calls. He does have some answering to do as he last claimed that the incomplete accounting for the Gold Cup monies was because key documents were in Pelayo's luggage - and when he was snatched up - so were the documents. So, now that Pelayo is back, we will see if Vicente can produce the documents and an audit.
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