Colombian Soccer Boss Faces Three Felony Counts after Copa America 2024 Incident

Miami-Dade Police Report Identifies Ramon Jesurun

The debacle at the Copa America 2024 Final on Sunday has seen a huge name in Colombian soccer arrested. The head of soccer’s governing body in the country, Ramon Jeurun, is facing three felony counts, per Miami-Dade jail records. This marks a significant moment with the Colombian soccer boss arrested.

Jerusun, 71, and his son, 43-year-old Ramón Jamil Jesurún, faced charges of battery on an official or employee.

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Per Local10.com out of Florida, details on his arrest weren’t immediately clear Monday. However, Colombian media outlet Publimetro reports that Jesurún got into an altercation at Hard Rock Stadium during the Copa America final between Colombia and Argentina.

FOX Sports Mexico posted a video of the alleged incident.


According to Publimetro, an incident broke out because the Colombian children were not allowed to take the elevator, but the Argentine children were.

“A FIGHT BROKE OUT AFTER THE MATCH WITH CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE 😩 Colombians had a fight with security because the police did not let them enter the elevator when they did let people from Argentina in. Tempers flared, and even relatives of Argentina players had to calm down the very upset children,” the publication reported.

Previously Investigated Years Ago

Colombia’s Football Federation and its executives and two private companies formed “a cartel to detour tickets with the aim of reselling them” to “generate excessively high prices,” said Andres Barreto, head of the industry and commerce Office (SIC).

The teams played the matches between October 2015 and October 2017, ahead of the World Cup in Russia, where Colombia reached the last 16. The fines imposed on the federation, two merchandising companies, and 17 people, including the federation president Ramon Jesurun and his predecessor Luis Bedoya, amounted to $4.9 million.

Reuters offered details on what led to the huge penalty:

More than 42,000 tickets for eight of Colombia’s nine home games were involved in the scam, generating profits of more than $3.5 million. In one of the examples cited, Colombia’s home qualifier against Brazil in Barranquilla, TICKET YA charged 270,000 ($74) pesos for tickets with a face value of 60,000 pesos ($16.4), a markup of 350%.

The Copa America Final chaos and the arrest of Ramon Jeurun add another chapter to the troubled history of Colombian soccer governance. This latest incident has seen yet another Colombian soccer boss arrested, highlighting ongoing issues within the federation.

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