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New arrest at JBS as chief executive is taken into custody

13/09/2017

Following the arrest on September 10 of JBS owner Joesley Batista, his brother Wesley, chief executive of the packer and tanning group, was detained by police on September 13. Reuters said Wesley Batista’s arrest is the result of an investigation into alleged insider trading. The two brothers reached a plea-bargain agreement with the Brazilian...

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