World Cup 2010 Blog: Ex-Referee Byron Moreno Caught Smuggling Heroin

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Ex-Referee Byron Moreno Caught Smuggling Heroin Posted: 21 Sep 2010 02:29 PM PDT Yes, that Byron Moreno; the man who earned infamy across the globe with some rather suspicious decisions during the Italy v South Korea World Cup Round of 16 game in 2002. Safe to say he’s not exactly beloved in Italy, even if the next try went rather well. Suspended a number of times for incompetence and now removed from the game, he’s hit the headlines once again: for trying to smuggle 6 kilos of heroin into the US. This could add another theory or two to the running list of what, or who, was behind that game. Maybe he was just high? Or maybe he was involved with drug cartels and the game was, as so many have accused, fixed. At the very least, we do know one thing: the man’s decision making skills aren’t really in question – they’re just really, really poor across the board. From adding 13′ extra time onto a league match to attempting to walk through JFK Airport security with 6 kilos of heroin strapped to his body, the man’s brain simply doesn’t seem to function. Sounds like the tagline for FIFA’s referees.

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