It has been recommended that Colombian Luis Bedoya is banned for life ©Getty Images

The Investigatory Chamber of FIFA's Ethics Committee has recommended banning shamed officials Luis Bedoya and Sergio Jadue from football for life. 

Both men have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in the United States as part of the ongoing corruption investigation which is centered on the governing body.

Now Cornel Borbély, chairman of the Investigatory Chamber, has recommended permanent bans for the duo who both held major roles in South American football.

Bedoya is a 56-year-old former member of FIFA's Executive Committee and also served as a vice-president of South America's governing body CONMEBOL.

The Colombian was President of his country's Football Association until October when he resigned, citing personal reasons, and travelled to the US.

Jadue is another former vice-president of CONMEBOL, with the 36-year-old also the former President of the Chilean FA.

Borbély's recommendation will now have to be ratified by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee and, until that ruling, FIFA considers Bedoya and Jadue to be innocent.

Sergio Jadue could also be banned for life
Sergio Jadue could also be banned for life ©Getty Images

A FIFA statement said: "In his final reports, the chairman of the Investigatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee recommended imposing on both Mr Bedoya and Mr Jadue a lifelong ban on taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for an alleged violation of the general rules of conduct (art. 13 of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE), loyalty (art. 15 FCE), duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting (art. 18 FCE), conflicts of interest (art. 19 FCE), bribery and corruption (art. 21 FCE) and general obligation to collaborate (art. 41 FCE)."

The corruption campaign targeting FIFA has a keen focus on the Americas with the world governing body reportedly blocking $20 million (£14 million/€18 million) in funding to CONMEBOL and the North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

More than 40 individuals and sport marketing companies have been charged in the US, with CONMEBOL appointing Paraguay’s Alejandro Dominguez in January in an attempt to steer the organisation out of the crisis.

Dominguez's compatriot and predecessor as President, Juan Angel Napout, was one of 16 people charged in connection with a major bribery racket connected to the marketing and broadcasting rights of tournaments and matches.

The two previous Presidents - another Paraguayan in Nicolás Leoz and Uruguay's Eugenio Figueredo - have also been linked with corruption allegations.