Miami Gardens: Colombia’s football federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out Sunday at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, police said. Ramon Jesurun and his son, Ramon Jamil Jesurun, were detained after the event at Hard Rock Stadium and charged, Miami-Dade police detective Andre Martin said on Monday.
Both men are facing three counts of felony battery on an official after being accused of fighting multiple stadium security guards. Arrest records said both men tried to go onto the field through a tunnel where media was gathering after the match. They were stopped by security, and the police report said they “became irate” at the delay.
A verbal altercation eventually turned physical, with a guard placing an “open palm” on Ramon Jamil Jesurun’s chest to “guide him back,” and the younger Jesurun grabbed the guard “around his neck” and pulled him to the ground before throwing “two punches that impacted” the guard, the reporter said.
The two men were placed into custody after midnight. Ramon Jesurun, 71, has been president of the Colombian football federation since 2015.