Miami soccer scandal: Colombian soccer president arrested for fighting at Copa America final

The president of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) Ramón Jesurún and his son Ramón Jamil Jesurún were arrested in the United States amid the incidents that occurred in the run-up to the Copa America final in Miami, reported by the Colombian press.

According to Publimetro, the leader appeared in a video in which he is seen struggling with some people while one of his companions and other members of his family tried to get him out of there, as shared by Fox Sports in its version of Mexico.

In the same publication, they point out that The leader was not seen in the area where the football authorities were located, nor at the medal ceremony, which is explained by his arrest. .

Ramón Jesurún was accompanied to the Copa América by his children, sons-in-law and grandchildren, in a delegation of about 12 people.

The chaos generated at the entrance exceeded the security measures established for the final between Argentina and Colombia. This caused a significant delay in the start of the competition and gave the players an additional moment of uncertainty, as they were aware of what was happening outside thanks to the contact they maintained with their families.

Regardless, the official Hard Rock Stadium X account released a statement in which it assured that security was not the basis of the problem.

“Preparations included an increase in the number of police and security officers available, with more than double the numbers of a typical event in a full-capacity stadium. “, a spokesperson said in the text

“Several gates in the stadium have been strategically closed and reopened in order to allow ticketed visitors to enter in a safe and controlled manner. The fans continued to engage in illegal behavior: fighting with police officers, destroying walls and barricades and vandalizing the stadium, causing significant material damage. ” said the statement.

For its part, Conmebol issued an unusual statement in which it said very little.We inform that people without tickets will not be able to enter the stadium. Only people who have purchased tickets will be able to enter once access is reactivated. “, they said in a brief letter.

Records stopped everything. Beyond the jumps over the bars, one of the most striking photographs is the one showing a group trying to enter the stadium through the ventilation tubes. The lack of control was such that at 8:20 p.m. it was decided to definitively open the doors of the Hard Rock Stadium. Despite attempts to prevent it, the organization decided to give up before escaping the controls. .

Even the players’ families were not spared from the violence. “Alexis had to leave to let us in because he was worried. I thought the game wasn’t going to be played. YesIf the players were worried about solving this problem, it was unlikely that a match would take place. What happened was inhumane. We are fine, Alexis was still calling us, but he said he was going to stay at the door until we came in. We leave him alone so he can play ” said Silvina Riela, mother of trans-Andean midfielder Mac Allister.