On the night of november 11, 2025, a group of indigenous people and activists breached the blue zone at cop30 in belém, after splitting from a peaceful march on health and climate. They were stopped by onu security, leading to a confrontation and one security guard injured. The march organizers denied involvement in the incident.
The cop30, the un conference on climate change in belém, faced tension on its second day with an attempt to breach the blue zone, a restricted area for authorities. The incident followed the global march for health and climate, which gathered about 3,000 people starting from avenida duque de caxias and covering 1.5 km to the parque da cidade, the event's venue. An independent group, including indigenous people from the lower tapajós and youth from the juntos collective, split from the main mobilization and ran to break through police barriers, shouting against oil exploration in the amazon mouth and calling to tax billionaires.
Videos show the protesters breaking doors in the accreditation and metal detector area, reaching about 20 meters from the pavilions. Undss security guards intervened, forming human chains and expelling the group after pushing and shoving and using flagpoles as batons. At least one security guard was injured, bleeding and taken away in a wheelchair. The blue zone was evacuated, and police used wooden tables for barricades at the entrances.
"The government is lying that the amazon is fine, that the indigenous are fine. If we were healthy, we wouldn't be here demanding", said pajé nato tupinambá during the commotion. The march organizers issued a statement saying the group acted independently and that the main event was peaceful, previously notified to authorities. Cop30's extraordinary secretary, valter correia, stated that the un follows its security protocols. The unfccc has not commented so far. Security in the blue zone is managed by the un, with reinforcements from state agents and brazilian armed forces in the surroundings, under guarantee of law and order (glo).