JBS suppliers raised cattle on the Pequizal do Naruvôtu Indigenous Land in Mato Grosso state, according to a study by Repórter Brasil. According to the report, the rancher responsible for selling the cattle had been fined R$10.9 million (approximately US$ 2.8 million at the time the fines were issued) by Ibama and was occupying nearly 10% of the total area of the Indigenous Land. The animals sold were registered as if they had come from a neighboring property, which had no environmental embargoes.