Ramón Jesurún Sr. will no longer face charges in connection with Copa America incident – ​​NBC 6 South Florida

The president of the Colombian Football Federation, who was arrested last month for assault at the Copa America final at Hard Rock Stadium, no longer faces charges.

The charges against 71-year-old Ramón Jesurún Sr. were dropped on Monday.

His son, 43-year-old Ramón Jesurún Jr., still faces charges of aggravated assault and simple assault.

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Father and son were accused of attacking security forces following Colombia's loss to Argentina in the Copa America final on July 14.

The two men were arrested after allegedly confronting a security guard who was instructed to prevent the crowd from entering the part of the tunnel where the media gathered.

The arrest reports state that Jesurún Sr. pushed the security guard, and then Jesurún Jr. grabbed him by the neck, pulled him to the ground and punched him twice.

“Mr Jesurún Jr. (defendant) then aggressively approached [the victim]who was still lying on his back on the ground, and Mr. Jesurún Jr. delivered a direct kick to [the victim’s] head that left a strong impression,” the arrest reports say.

The fight continued when another security guard tried to come to her aid and Jesurún Jr. allegedly raised his fist at her and began grabbing, pushing and pulling her, reports said.

A security chief then approached and Jesurún Jr. allegedly punched him. Meanwhile, the suspect's father tried to intervene while friends held him back, reports said.

The head of Colombia's soccer federation and his son were released from prison on Monday after being arrested during the chaos that erupted at Sunday's COPA final. Copa organizers say authorities failed to apply “recommended procedures” designed for an event of this magnitude, leading to violent chaos ahead of the major championship. NBC6's Jamie Guirola reports

The police bodycam footage showed Jesurún Sr. being arrested.

“You are ending my football career,” he told police in Spanish as he was handcuffed.

Father and son were taken to prison and later released.

“It was totally unfair,” Jesurún Jr. told reporters after his release. “And again, hey, we're human and anything can happen, but they started it. It was ridiculous, we had the legitimacy, the official legitimacy, so it was ridiculous.”

Police said more than two dozen people were arrested at the stadium when fans without tickets tried to get in.

Cellphone videos showed rioting fans pushing through security and police to get into the stadium. Other videos showed another incident in which fans crawled into the stadium's ventilation shafts.