MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Ramón Jesurún, the head of soccer’s governing body in Colombia, was arrested amid a night of chaos at the Copa America soccer tournament in Miami Gardens.
Jesurún, the president of the Colombian Football Federation and a vice president with CONMEBOL, the group that puts on Copa America, is facing two felony counts of battery on a specified official or employee.
The 71-year-old also serves on the FIFA Council, a “strategic and oversight body” for soccer’s global governing body.
Jesurún was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center just after 4:15 a.m. Monday, according to jail records, after Colombia lost 1-0 to Argentina in the final.
Colombia soccer federation head arrested amid Copa America chaos
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Source:
WPLG
