Trial winds down for former BP engineer

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NEW ORLEANS — A federal trial is drawing to a close for a former BP drilling engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company’s response to its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments Monday in Kurt Mix’s trial on two counts of obstruction of justice. Mix didn’t testify at his trial. It started two weeks ago.

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