1st person arrested in BP oil spill makes bail
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The first person arrested in the BP oil spill is being released on $100,000 bail.
The former BP engineer, Kurt Mix, is accused of deleting more than 300 text messages about the amount of oil flowing from the blown-out well and the company's failed attempts to plug the gusher in 2010.
Mix appeared before a judge in Houston, shackled at his hands and feet. He said very little during the hearing, answering routine questions about the obstruction of justice charges he faces.
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The judge told him that if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
An attorney for Mix declined to comment after the hearing.
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