A U.S. fugitive known as “The Devil” who was wanted for a deadly shooting outside an Ohio bar 20 years ago has been captured by Mexican law enforcement in his hometown of Zapotitlan Palmas in Oaxaca, where he was working as a police officer. Antonio “El Diablo” Riano, now 72, was charged with first-degree murder stemming from the December 2004 shooting in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release.
Riano shot Benjamin Becerra in broad daylight following an argument inside and then outside of the Round House bar in Hamilton on the afternoon of Dec. 19, 2004. Riano fled the state and then the country. He was on the Butler County Sheriff’s Office “Most Wanted” list and was profiled on an episode of the popular TV show “America’s Most Wanted.” After the case went cold, “El Diablo” was finally found more than 2,000 miles away working an unexpected job.
According to the police, he used several fake names and had papers to create false documentation to obtain different identifications. Prosecutors said Riano was in the country unlawfully at the time of the shooting.
