
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment charging two Mexican businessmen with allegedly paying bribes to secure lucrative contracts with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico's state-owned oil company, and its exploration and production subsidiary, Pemex Exploración y Producción (PEP).
According to federal prosecutors, Ramón Alexandro Rovirosa Martínez and Mario Alberto Ávila Lizárraga conspired to offer at least $150,000 in bribes to Pemex and PEP officials between 2019 and 2021.