Atlético-MG fans break blocks, and other organized groups promise to do the same

A series of videos published by Galoucura’s president, Josimar Júnior, shows fans breaking through roadblocks on the BR-381 road in Minas Gerais. In the images, men with the shirt of the organized Atlético Mineiro act against the protesters, voters of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) who protest against the result of the presidential elections.

“If you need the scavenger crew, call the Galoucuras”, says Josimar. “All the blocks that were there we’re going to remove, disgrace! It’s Galoucura! Where there’s a blockade, we’ll pass through. There’s no blockade for the Galoucura, no. Let’s see Galoucura, regardless of anything.”

The fans were on their way to São Paulo for the match at Morumbi, against São Paulo, on Tuesday night (1st), for the Brazilian Championship. And they found the road closed in places. In one of them, with tires on fire, a fan demanded: “Off! Erase that p…! Take that p… there, just!”. A frightened protester started to roll one of the tires off the track.

Galoucura also released a kind of ad with the title “Disk Blocking”. “Have you seen any roadblocks in Minas Gerais? Get in touch with Galoucura. Just send a photo and the location. Leave the rest with us! Anywhere. Any time”, says the text, accompanied by a WhatsApp number .

This Tuesday, Atlético Mineiro was the only team with a significant number of fans in transit. The other match of the night in the Brazilian Championship has Cuiabá as a visitor, with few supporters. The scenario, however, indicates similar actions on Wednesday (2), with more games in the competition.

Coritiba, for example, which is fighting relegation, has an important duel with Juventude, in Caxias do Sul. In the publication on its social networks in which it discloses details of the caravan, the uniformed Império Alviverde gives guidelines and gives a warning: “About the stoppages on the roads, they will not be a problem”.

Corinthians, which always takes many fans to its matches held in Rio de Janeiro, will play at Maracanã, against Flamengo. The caravans of the main organized groups, Gaviões da Fiel, Camisa 12, Estopim da Fiel and Pavilhão Nove, are scheduled to start at dawn on Wednesday.

Until the publication of this text, there was no official statement about the logistics to avoid the blockages, but associates and directors were discussing the performance. There was already a consensus that the bus schedule will be maintained. “Without Fiel, Corinthians won’t play. We’ll be there”, said one of the leaders.

The road situation also caused problems for Ferrari. The Italian team was one of the first to take their equipment to the Interlagos circuit for the São Paulo F1 GP, scheduled for the 13th.

The material arrived through Viracopos airport, in Campinas, and was held up on the Santos Dumont highway. Then, escorted by Military Police cars, the trucks with the team’s containers arrived at the stage of next week’s race.

Roads across the country have been blocked since Monday (31), in reaction to the result of the presidential election, with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) winning over Jair Bolsonaro. Supporters of the current defeated president, many of them truck drivers, organized roadblocks in several regions, calling for a coup.

The PRF (Federal Highway Police) recorded on Monday, until the end of the night, more than 300 points with agglomeration on roads in 25 states and the Federal District. Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), ordered the government to adopt “all necessary and sufficient measures” to clear the highways.

Moraes also determined a fine and even removal and arrest in the act of the director general of the PRF, Silvinei Vasques, with a fine of R$ 100 thousand per hour from midnight this Tuesday. According to the minister, there has been “omission and inertia” by the PRF. He also established a fine of BRL 100,000 per hour for the owners of trucks used in the obstructions.

The PRF says it is “working tirelessly to resolve the issue, although there are many videos of its agents dealing in a cordial and friendly tone with the protesters. publication of this text, although a statement is expected for this Tuesday afternoon.