US EditionU.S. DISTRICT COURT FINDS BUSINESSMAN ALEX ROVIROSA INNOCENT IN HISTORIC REBUKE OF DOJ'S BASELESS PROSECUTION
Judge Hoyt found the evidence did not support a conviction and said the government withheld evidence and failed to call witnesses, marking only the fourth such FCPA reversal.
- On Tuesday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas overturned Alex Rovirosa's FCPA conviction, with Judge Hoyt ordering his immediate release after finding the government's evidence insufficient.
- Research by the McConnell Group indicates this is only the fourth FCPA conviction overturned in 50 years; the Court rejected the prosecution on the merits due to unconstitutional discovery violations.
- Lead defense counsel Ryan McConnell stated the case "should never have been brought," noting prosecutors allegedly invented "ties to Mexican cartel members" without presenting any cartel evidence at trial.
- "I believed that, if I held onto the truth, an American court would see it," said Rovirosa, who is now returning home as an innocent man after the ordeal.
- Under the United States Constitution, this ruling is final and cannot be appealed, freeing Rovirosa despite prosecutors requesting he remain in custody even after the Court declared him innocent.
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Mexican businessman Alexandro Rovirosa was convicted last December of corrupt practices abroad for paying $150,000 to “manipulate bidding processes”
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT FINDS BUSINESSMAN ALEX ROVIROSA INNOCENT IN HISTORIC REBUKE OF DOJ'S BASELESS PROSECUTION
Only the Fourth FCPA Conviction to be Overturned in 50 Years, Rovirosa Can Now Resume Life as a Free and Innocent Man, per R McConnell Group PLLC
U.S. DISTRICT COURT FINDS BUSINESSMAN ALEX ROVIROSA INNOCENT IN HISTORIC REBUKE OF DOJ'S BASELESS PROSECU
Only the Fourth FCPA Conviction to be Overturned in 50 Years, Rovirosa Can Now Resume Life as a Free and Innocent Man, per R McConnell Group PLLCHOUSTON, April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States District Court
This Tuesday, the tobacco businessman Alex Rovirosa was released, after the United States District Court for the South District of Texas, presided over by the honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt, declared him innocent of the charges against him. According to international media, the Court pointed out that the government did not intentionally call witnesses, in addition to finding other unconstitutional violations of the process of discovery of evidence; a…
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