UFMG Condemns Campus Clash After Unauthorised Political Filming

Overview

• The clash, recorded Wednesday at UFMG’s Pampulha campus in Belo Horizonte, showed ex‑deputy Douglas Garcia trading punches with a student as campus security tried to separate the crowd.
• The confrontation began during a video shoot that displayed a banner of Jair Bolsonaro and offered a 500‑real Pix to anyone who could prove Lula was better for Brazil than Bolsonaro, which drew student protests.
• Campus guards first warned the visitors the stunt could cause conflict, then formed a cordon and called the Military Police after shoving began near 5 p.m., and an occurrence report was filed.
• Police and witnesses reported one student with minor injuries treated at the university infirmary, and as of the latest reports there were no arrests or judicial outcomes.
• UFMG and its philosophy and social sciences faculty condemned the violence and the use of campus for intolerant messages, while Garcia’s team released videos and he said he acted in self‑defense.