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Colombian officials to probe ref corruption

Jun 01 -- The Colombian Football Federation is investigating illegal betting by a referee in the Copa Mustang I, the governing body's president, Luis Bedoya, has confirmed.

1 de junio de 2009

Bedoya told El Tiempo newspaper: "We are worried about the case of a referee in a recent match of the semi-final group stage. We'd been previously warned about irregularities in his job in that match and those irregularities occurred. We are investigating.

"We are investigating whether a referee's decision was not a simple human mistake. The mistake by the referee had a bearing on the final score."
 
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