At JBS S.A.’s annual shareholders meeting on April 26, Joesley and Wesley Batista were reelected to the board of directors. Shareholders also voted to increase the number of directors from nine members to 11 until the next annual general meeting in 2025.
JBS had proposed adding the brothers back to the board in March 2024.
The Batista brothers resigned from their positions at JBS in 2017 amid allegations related to “Operation Weak Flesh,” which exposed bribery of food safety inspectors in Brazil. Allegations included bribes to nearly 2,000 politicians.
In 2018, Joesley and Wesley Batista were charged with corruption.
Following a six-month period of pretrial detention and a ban from holding management positions at J&F-owned companies, the brothers returned to their roles at J&F in 2020.
Recently, in February of this year, the Batista brothers joined the board of directors at Pilgrim’s Pride.
