Police officers try to arrest a Colombian fan outside the stadium on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., where the Miami-Dade Police Department said it made 27 arrests and 55 ejections following a host of crowd control issues.
Colombia's soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out Sunday at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, police said Monday.Police officers try to arrest a Colombian fan outside the stadium on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., where the Miami-Dade Police Department said it made 27 arrests and 55 ejections following a host of crowd control issues.
In a statement released Monday, the organization said it regrets the scene in which countless fans entered the stadium without tickets and "tarnished" the event. The game was delayed for more than an hour as authorities worked to control the situation, eventually deciding to let some fans in without going through security checkpoints.
"More than double the personnel" used for a typical event were onsite Sunday, a stadium spokesperson said in a news release.Miami-Dade police said more than 800 law enforcement officers were at the match. In addition to the arrests, 55 people were ejected, they said. The Hard Rock Stadium release said stadium officials communicated with tournament organizers around 8 p.m. and decided to open the gates to both ticketed and unticketed fans who were thrust against the entrance in fear of stampedes and serious injuries. The gates were then closed with many ticketed fans left outside.
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