FIFA leave kidnap crisis alone as Copa America faces the end

The kidnapping of Colombian federation vice-president Hernan Mejia Campuzano could see the Copa America cancelled after FIFA said it would not force the event to take place.

"It is their competition. It is entirely up to them," FIFA spokesman Keith Cooper said from the governing body's headquarters in Switzerland.

"We feel sorry they are in this position. It is not for us to say."

South American Football Confederation (CSF) president Nicolas Leoz said the organisation would make a final decision by Friday on the future of this year's tournament which has seen major stars pull out and death threats made to the Argentina squad already.

"The decision which has been notified to the Colombian Federation by the South American Football Confederation is that Copa America has been suspended until Hernan Mejia is released," a spokesman for the federation said.

Campuzano was seized by armed men at a makeshift road block two days ago but no ransom demand has yet been received.