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Ex-Premier League footballer Jhon Viáfara extradited to US to face drug trafficking charges

Colombian Police/AFP via Getty I
Colombian Police/AFP via Getty I

A former Premier League footballer has been extradited from his native Colombia to the US to face drug trafficking charges.

Prosecutors in Texas have accused Jhon Viáfara of conspiring with members of the Gulf cartel to organise cocaine shipments that left Colombia on speedboats.

They have been investigating the 41-year-old former Southampton player for three years.

He was arrested last year on a US drug warrant and says he is innocent.

Images showed officers escorting him to a small jet headed for Texas yesterday.