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Colombia Football Federation President, Son Arrested After Copa América Altercation

Related Topics: Copa América, Ramón Jesurún

Colombia Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún and his son, Ramón Jamil Jesurún, have been arrested and charged with three felony counts of battery on a specified official or employee after Sunday evening's Copa América final, per ESPN's Lizzy Becherano.

Colombia lost to Argentina 1-0.

The pair have been accused of fighting multiple security guards while attempting to gain access to the pitch at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium early on Monday morning, around 12:20 a.m. ET.

Video released in the aftermath showed part of the altercation:

Per Becherano's report, the Jesurúns became physical after a security guard placed his hand on Ramón Jamil to "guide him back.