Ex-FIFA Vice President Warner to fight extradition from Trinidad to US

Published Jun. 12, 2015 10:14 a.m. ET

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad --

Former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner is vowing to fight a U.S. bid to extradite him from Trinidad to face charges in the FIFA corruption case.

A defiant Warner says he is looking forward to the legal battles as he prepares for a first hearing July 9. He spoke to supporters of his Independent Liberal Party late Wednesday outside Port-of-Spain and said that it will be a ''long hot summer.''

Warner could drag the extradition process out for more than three years with appeals.

He is accused of taking payments totaling $10 million sent by a high-ranking FIFA official to secure to give South Africa the right to host the 2010 World Cup over Morocco. Warner left FIFA in 2011 and has denied wrongdoing.