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Rafael Callejas, Honduran Ex-President Convicted in FIFA Case, Dies at 76

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Rafael Callejas, a former president of Honduras who was ensnared in an international soccer scandal and convicted in the United States of taking bribes while president of his nation’s soccer federation, died on April 4 in Atlanta. He was 76.

The cause was complications of acute myeloid leukemia, his lawyer, Manuel J. Retureta, said. He had been living in Atlanta while awaiting sentencing and being treated for his illness, Mr. Retureta said.

Mr. Callejas, a member of Honduras’s conservative National Party, served as the nation’s president from 1990 to 1994, a time of pronounced economic difficulty in Central America.