Open this photo in gallery: The main entrance of the meat processing company JBS in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on July 12.Andre Penner/The Associated Press

Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon.

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