A top official in Guatemala's Football Federation, Hector Trujillo, was arrested in the US after being indicted in a massive corruption scandal rocking the sport's world body FIFA.
Prosecutors said separately the US had also sent an extradition request for the head of the federation, Brayan Jimenez, who is in the country.
Trujillo was apprehended in Florida, where he had been on a family vacation, the head of Guatemala's Constitutional Court, Gloria Porras, told reporters.
She said the information was confirmed by the US embassy.
In addition to his work as the secretary general of the national football federation, Trujillo is an alternate judge in the Constitutional Court, Guatemala's highest tribunal.
"This is an event that impacts the Constitutional Court because of the serious accusations made against a judge, and this impacts all the people of Guatemala," Porras said.
On Thursday, the US Justice Department announced 16 indictments against present and past football officials around the world.
They are suspected of taking bribes to attribute marketing rights for major FIFA fixtures, in the process violating US laws on wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
The focus of the probe is on Latin American officials or ex-officials.
One of them, Jimenez, was a member of FIFA's committee for fair play and social responsibility. He stepped down from that role just hours before Trujillo's arrest was announced.
Another Guatemalan indictee is Rafael Salguero, a former FIFA executive committee member.
AFP