A REQUEST for bail for Ariel Alvarado,  the former president of the Panamanian Soccer  Federation (Fepafut)  has been rejected by The Deputy Special Judge of the Seventeenth Criminal Circuit.

Alvarado is in detention while under investigation for money laundering and the alleged receipt  of bribes  related to (FIFA)the  International Football Association.

The decision of the court, by Baloisa Marquínez, is dated May 30.

Alvarado has been detained since April 21.

His wife Rocío de Los Ángeles de Alvarado and lawyers Luis Carlos Vidal and Susana Vidal Zachrisson, also inamed in the file, have a precautionary measure preventing their departure from the country combined with regular reporting to the prosecution.