Ramon Jesurun, the president of the Colombian Football Federation and a CONMEBOL vice president, was arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department early on Monday morning in Miami Gardens, hours after his national team lost to Argentina in the Copa America final that was plagued by disorder.
Jesurun is facing three felony counts of battery on a specified official or employee, per WPLG, Miami’s ABC affiliate. The event seemed to take place during the final, which concluded around midnight local time. Jesurun was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center just after 4:15 a.m. and his son, Ramon Jamil Jesurun, was booked just minutes later. The president’s son faces the same charges, as well as an additional misdemeanor battery charge.
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Jesurun’s son appeared in Miami-Dade bond court on Monday afternoon for a hearing in which no bond was ordered but a stay away order in favor of the victim was. The president is also expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon.
The Copa America final descended…
