2 Texas men get probation in Mexican oil scheme

Last Update: 9/25 2:51 pm

HOUSTON (AP) — Two Texas oil company officials have been sentenced to probation for their roles in brokering the sale of stolen petroleum products from Mexico.

Donald Schroeder, the former president of Houston-based Trammo Petroleum, and oil and natural gas broker Jonathan Dappen, of McAllen, were each given three-year probation sentences and fined $10,000 during separate federal court hearings in Houston on Friday.

Their sentencings were part of a binational investigation into smuggled oil that was stolen from Mexico's state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, transported across the border and sold to U.S. refineries.

The Mexican government has said drug cartel members and other criminals are responsible for many of the oil thefts.

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