​Former Argentine football official Jorge Delhon committed suicide in Argentina on Tuesday, the same day he was accused of bribery in the FIFA corruption trial that began in New York this week.





The Argentine media via ​AFP reported that Delhon threw himself under a train in a Buenos Aires suburb on Tuesday and local newspapers Clarin and La Nacion reported the incident on their websites.





Jorge Delhon, an administrator in Cristina Kirchner's administration, reportedly jumped in front of a train. Was associate of Fernando Czyterspiler, Diego Maradona's childhood friend and agent, who commited suicide earlier this year. — Pål Ødegård (@paalpot75) November 15, 2017





A sports marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco testified on Tuesday that Delhon and another official Pablo Paladino took millions of dollars as bribe in exchange for rights to broadcast football games.





The reports also claimed that both the above mentioned individuals worked for a government program 'Football for All' under former president Cristina Kirchner and also held the rights to football broadcasts in Argentina.





#Ahora | Estamos desde Lanús, en el lugar en donde se suicidó Jorge Delhon #EsMuyTemprano pic.twitter.com/VofVWs5uPs — Crónica Televisión (@CronicaTV) November 15, 2017





Burzaco revealed at the United States Federal Court in New York that his company paid millions of dollars in bribes to South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) executives for more than a decade to secure television rights to major tournaments.





FIFA had outlined as many as 42 officials and marketing individuals including Burzaco who pleaded guilty in November 2015. Three South Americans are on trial in New York, Jose Maria Marin, ex-chief of Brazil's Football Confederation, former FIFA vice-president Juan Angel Napout and Manuel Braga who was the head of Peru's football federation till 2014.

