Spanish police detain ex-football chief Luis Rubiales amid corruption probe
Al Jazeera
Rubiales questioned about a business deal to move the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia, signed during his time as president.
Police have detained Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, on his return to Spain as part of an ongoing corruption probe, the Civil Guard says.
The national police force said Rubiales was questioned by police at Madrid’s airport after he was detained on Wednesday after exiting a plane that brought him back home from the Dominican Republic. He was then released.
Rubiales returned to Spain as a judicial probe is being conducted into a business deal to hold the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Rubiales was in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago when police raided a property belonging to him in Granada and the offices of the Spanish Football Federation in Madrid as part of a corruption and money laundering investigation that included the Super Cup among other deals.
Seven people were detained by police, and Rubiales was identified as one of five additional individuals under investigation.
