Lima: The former president of the Peruvian Football Federation, indicted in the FIFA corruption scandal, was arrested late Friday on an international arrest warrant, and protested his innocence as he was taken away.

Manuel Burga was taken into custody in the capital Lima as he left his house, insisting he would clarify the allegations against him. Burga is among 16 men whose indictments were announced Thursday in Washington amid a widening multi-million dollar corruption scandal engulfing FIFA.