Lautaro ‘Beni’ Mármol and Patricio ‘Pato’ Perrotta arrived in Miami with a clear mission: cover the 2026 World Cup and upload everything to their channels. What they didn’t factor in was the cost of trying to do it without the correct credentials. 😬
On Saturday, June 28, the two Argentine creators — with nearly 700,000 followers between them — were arrested at Hard Rock Stadium while the match between Colombia and Portugal was being played. They got past three security checkpoints using credentials from a previous event. When detained, Mármol told police he was ‘a media influencer’ who wanted to livestream the match. Perrotta, for his part, said that a company had hired him to cover it, but admitted that his passes were not valid. Both were charged with interfering with a sports or entertainment event, an offense that in Florida carries harsher penalties since the incidents at the 2024 Copa América final in that same stadium. 🚨
After paying bail of 2,500 dollars each, they were released while awaiting progress in the case in Miami-Dade County. Their third companion, the Uruguayan known as ‘Bisicleta,’ called for calm on Instagram: ‘They are fine,’ he wrote. The video of the attempt, however, is already the most talked-about content of their careers. 👀
