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Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) BY FABIANO MAISONNAVE, ASSOCIATED PRESS AND RUBENS VALENTE, AGENCIA PUBLICAU pdated 6:42 AM GMT+7, December 20, 2023 AP JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) Meat processing giant… ....
"Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon." ....
The lawsuits include a type of evidence that is turning heads — transit documents that purport to show a direct sale of cattle from deforested protected areas to the meatpackers. ....