{"id":318782,"date":"2026-06-24T23:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318782\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T23:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:52:40","slug":"feds-give-exclusive-behind-the-scenes-look-at-miami-stadium-security-during-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318782\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds give exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Miami Stadium security during FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0June 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0June 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.  \u2014 While FIFA World Cup fans were having fun, U.S. Customs and Border Protection used technology to protect the country\u2019s border at the stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">U.S. CBP gave Local 10 News a behind-the-scenes look at their quiet efforts to screen the cargo delivered to the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFood deliveries, merchandise, staging equipment, anything that is going to get offloaded, that needs to be screened by us,\u201d U.S. CBP Officer Alexander Hernandez said at the stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The U.S. CBP team at the stadium property used a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/nii_factsheet_2.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/nii_factsheet_2.pdf\">non-intrusive inspection,\u201d or NII<\/a>, portal to scan cargo trucks with X-ray and gamma-ray, without physically having to search and unpack. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies use deputized dogs, or K-9s, trained to detect explosives as an extra layer of security. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Security is tight, and the perimeter around the stadium is wide. Federal, state, and local law enforcement are working together. They learned from the chaos that erupted at the stadium during a Copa America match between Argentina and Colombia on July 14, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">More coverage<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Janine Stanwood\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/21e83aab-f6c0-4437-b3.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Janine Stanwood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Janine Stanwood is an Emmy award-winning reporter and anchor. She joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM Updated:\u00a0June 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 While FIFA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-318782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}