A former FIFA vice president from Trinidad and Tobago -- one of the 14 high-ranking officials of the international soccer body whom U.S. prosecutors accuse of bribery and racketeering -- has promised to prove a link between FIFA and attempted fraud in his nation's 2010 elections, the Los Angeles Times said based on reporting by the Associated Press.

As part of a paid political advertisement by the Liberal Independent Party he helped found, Jack Warner claimed he had documents and checks that prove the connection. The papers also name embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter, he added; Blatter announced on June 2 that he would step down next year even though he had been elected to a fifth term just four days earlier.

"I apologize for not disclosing my knowledge of these events before," Warner said in the ominous announcement. "Not even death will stop the avalanche that is coming. The die is cast. There can be no turning back. Let the chips fall where they fall."

The New York Times described Warner's seven-minute TV appearance as "rambling and sometimes incoherent." The former FIFA vice president accused Blatter and other senior FIFA officials of attempting to manipulate the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election; the vote resulted in the selection of a new prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, under whom Warner served as minister of national security from May 2010 to April 2013.

"Blatter knows why he fell; and if anyone else knows, I do," Warner warned. "I will no longer keep secrets for them who now seek to destroy the country which I love."

Warner faces eight criminal counts in the United States and surrendered to authorities in Trinidad and Tobago last week; he was granted a $395,000 bond after spending the night in jail, the Los Angeles Times detailed.

U.S. prosecutors have focused on Warner, a member of Trinidad and Tobago's parliament and past president of CONCACAF, the federation that oversees soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean. They are looking into his role in the selection of South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, the California newspaper noted.