MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Colombia鈥檚 soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the that broke out Sunday at the Copa America final between , police said Monday.
Ram贸n Jesur煤n and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurun were detained after the event at Hard Rock Stadium, and charged, Miami-Dade police detective Andre Martin told The Associated Press. Martin did not disclose the charges.
Ramon Jamil Jesurun was booked on three counts of battery on an official Sunday, arrest records showed.
Colombia's soccer federation didn鈥檛 immediately respond Monday to a request for comment from the AP.
It was a chaotic scene just hours before the scheduled 8 p.m. start of the championship match between the two 小蓝视频 American countries: Fans forced their way in and jumped over security railings and ran past police officers and stadium attendants, some appearing hysterical as they searched for the people they arrived with.
There appeared to be significant damage to the venue as a result. Video and images posted to social media showed the shattered side railings of an escalator inside the stadium, with shoes, soda cans, reading glasses and articles of clothing left behind. Security railings at a checkpoint in the southwest entrance to the stadium were bent over as thousands of people, including crying children, pushed against them.
The department said over 800 law enforcement officers were at the event.
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Associated Press writers Terry Spencer and Gisela Salomon contributed to this report.
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