At least 100 thousand dollars: Conmebol increased fines for acts of discrimination.

Strong response from the maximum entity of football in South America. Conmebol announced that it will sanction with a fine of "at least" $100,000 to any association or club whose fans engage in acts of discrimination in the current competitions they organize: Copa Libertadores and Copa.

Specifically, the regulation raised the fine for acts that "attack the human dignity of another person or group of people" based on their skin color, race, sex or sexual orientation, ethnicity, language, creed or origin from $30,000 to $100,000. In addition, it was established that the competent Judicial Body "may impose the sanction of playing one or several matches behind closed doors or the partial closure of the stadium".

The text maintained the suspension "for a minimum of five matches or for a minimum period of two months" for any player or official who engages in acts of discrimination. Furthermore, the prohibition "of any form of ideology propaganda before, during and after the match", among others.

The decision was made after the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) asked the governing body to tighten its sanctions following incidents that occurred in Copa Libertadores matches. One of these episodes took place on April 13 in the match between Argentine River Plate and Brazilian Fortaleza in the group stage of the regional tournament.

During the match, a fan of the Argentine team threw a banana at the Fortaleza fans, an act that was deemed racist and was recorded on videos. CONMEBOL fined the Buenos Aires team $30,000.

Another case involved a fan of Boca Juniors who was arrested in Sao Paulo (and released the next day after posting bail) for gesturing towards Corinthians fans, who reported in a note that the fan was denounced by Brazilian fans for imitating a monkey at the Neo Química Arena stadium.