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Colombia Soccer Chief Faces Battery Charges After Arrest at Copa America Final

Colombia Soccer Chief Faces Battery Charges After Arrest at Copa America Final

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The Facts

  • 1The president of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and his 43-year-old son have been charged with battery on official employees during the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia on Sunday in Miami.

  • 2They were arrested at Hard Rock Stadium following the game and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center a little after 4 a.m. on Monday. Later that day, they were released on bail.

  • 3According to their arrest reports, both men attacked three security guards, including one woman, tasked with keeping the crowd out of a pedestrian tunnel where media members were gathering.


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