Joesley Batista and Ricardo Saud, a former executive at J&F Investimentos—the holding company of JBS—were arrested for the second time by the Brazilian Federal Police. Operation Capitu, conducted jointly with the Federal Revenue Service (Receita Federal), investigated a scheme involving the payment of bribes to officials at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária – MAPA) in exchange for measures to benefit the JBS group's companies, according to G1. Joesley was released after three days.