Repórter Brasil revealed that JBS bought cattle from the mother of Ezequiel Antônio Castanha, who was arrested by the Brazilian Federal Police on charges of being the most prolific Amazon deforester of all time. According to the report, prior to these sales, in February 2013, Ezequiel’s father, Onério Castanha, transferred 1,000 head of cattle registered in his name to Cirineide, Ezequiel’s mother. As stated by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (Ministério Público Federal – MPF), father and son were part of a criminal network that invaded public lands, deforested and set fire to the areas to form pastures, and then sold the land as farms along the BR-163 highway.