Texas businessman convicted in PEMEX bribery scheme

A federal jury convicted Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez of conspiring to violate the FCPA and two substantive FCPA violations. According to the DOJ, he paid more than $150,000 in cash, luxury goods and other valuable items to at least three PEMEX and PEP officials between 2019 and 2021 to help associated companies obtain and retain contracts worth at least $2.5 million.

The jury acquitted Rovirosa on a fourth FCPA count. He has not yet been sentenced and faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison; co-conspirator Mario Alberto Avila Lizarraga is a fugitive, according to the DOJ.