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US murder fugitive ‘El Diablo’ found working as Mexican police officer 20 years later
American detectives used social media to track a fugitive to Oaxaca, Mexico, 20 years after he allegedly shot a man dead outside an Ohio bar – and there learned that he’d picked up an unexpected new job, becoming a police officer himself.
Antonio “El Diablo” Riano, now 62, was charged with first-degree murder, arrested in Zapotitlan Palmas and handed over to U.S. Marshals in Mexico City on Thursday, the agency wrote in a news release.
Riano fled Ohio after allegedly shooting 25-year-old Benjamin Becarra on Dec. 19, 2004, outside the Roundhouse Bar in Hamilton, Ohio, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati.
Witnesses said Riano and Becarra got into an argument inside the bar – when the dispute moved outside, a security camera allegedly caught Riano fatally shooting the other man in the face.
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Antonio Riano is pictured in his most recent mugshot, taken last week after his 20 years on the run came to an end. (Butler County Sheriff’s Office)
“When Riano was arrested in Mexico he was found to be working as a local police officer,” the U.S. Marshals office said. A photo snapped of the fugitive as he was taken into custody shows him wearing his police uniform.
As the 62-year-old was taken into custody at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, a reporter with WKRC-TV asked why he became a police officer. In Spanish, he replied that he “wanted to help the people of Mexico.”
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When asked by the station if he had killed Becarra, he replied, “No, I did not.”
Obtaining an indictment for Riano was simple, police told the outlet – Butler County sheriff’s deputies said they found security footage of him buying bullets a few hours before the shooting at an area Walmart, and the murder weapon stashed under the floorboards in his Ohio home.
“We had all the evidence we needed gathered,” Mark Henson, a detective who was on the case in 2004, told WKRC. “We already had a direct indictment against him. It was just a matter of waiting to find him.”
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Antonio Riano in a 2004 mugshot. (Butler County Sheriff’s Office)
Henson said he tracked Riano to New Jersey, where he had a sister, before hearing that he’d fled to his hometown of Oaxaca.
“Not going to lie, at that time I was wondering if we were ever going to see him again,” Henson told WKRC-TV.
Before his capture, Riano was on the Butler County Sheriff’s Office “Most Wanted” list, and was even profiled on an episode of “America’s Most Wanted.”
Authorities started “actively looking” for Riano in January of this year, according to Paul Newton, a former deputy on the case who currently works for the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office.
Zapotitlan Palmas Police Department in Oaxaca. (Google Maps)
They quickly stumbled upon his Facebook page, learning that he was now employed as a police officer with the Zapotitlan Palmas Police Department and living in Oaxaca.
“I’m like, ‘My God, there he is!’” Newton told WKRC. “A little bit grayer, a little bit older, but it was him.”
When he fled the country, Riano left a wife and three children behind in Ohio, WKRC reported. Becarra’s family has been notified of Riano’s arrest and extradition, according to the outlet.
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Iowa wrestling holds off Wisconsin at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
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IOWA CITY — Iowa wrestling rallied to defeat Wisconsin 23-12 in a Big Ten Conference dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes finished with four consecutive wins from 157 to 184, including a pair of pivotal technical falls from Michael Caliendo and Angelo Ferrari.
In the video above, Hawk Central wrestling reporter Eli McKown offers up some instant analysis from Iowa’s victory. Up next, Jan. 16 at home against Penn State.
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A Chicago special education teacher has disappeared, leaving her family fearful and desperate for answers.
Linda Brown, 53, was last seen on Saturday in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, police said.
Brown was heading to the Wicker Park area for an acupuncture appointment but never arrived, according to a missing person flyer the Chicago Teachers Union posted online.
Brown’s husband, Antwon Brown, told FOX32 Chicago that he and his wife watched a movie before going to bed early Friday night. When he woke up the next day, Brown was already gone.
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Linda Brown vanished Saturday from Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, police said. (Chicago Teachers Union)
“I’m broke down, I don’t know what to do,” he told the station. “I’ve done everything. I’m talking to people; we got people searching for her, I’m out of options. I don’t know what to do.”
Linda Brown is a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport. (Chicago Police Department)
Antwon Brown said that it was out of character for his wife not to show up to the scheduled acupuncture appointment.
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“I woke up at 8:45 a.m. and she was gone,” he said. “She took her purse and credit cards, but I’m thinking she was at acupuncture.”
The family called police on Sunday after multiple calls and messages to Brown went unanswered.
Chicago police said Brown may be in need of medical attention. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File)
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Antwon Brown said Linda, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, has a history of mental health issues. He said this was the first time she has gone missing.
Police said Brown may be driving a blue Honda Civic with Illinois plates and that she may need medical attention.
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Vigil held in Detroit for woman fatally shot by ICE agent in Minnesota
People gather at Detroit’s Clark Park on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 to host a vigil for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
The name Renee Nicole Good bounced off the buildings of southwest Detroit as hundreds marched on the evening of Friday, Jan. 9, following Good’s fatal shooting by an immigration agent in Minneapolis earlier in the week.
A candlelight vigil was held at 6 p.m. at the city’s Clark Park in memory of Good, before attendees took off marching down Vernor Highway.
As of 7:30 p.m., the mass crowd had reached Cavalry Street, about half a mile away from the park, and turned, yelling “What do we want? Justice ” and calling for ICE’s ousting from communities.
Good, 37, was in her car when she was shot in the head on Wednesday, Jan.7, by a federal immigration officer in south Minneapolis. She leaves behind three children, ages 6, 12 and 15.
The shooting was recorded by witnesses and heightened political and community tensions over federal immigration enforcement as part of President Donald Trump’s nationwide immigration operations. The Trump administration has since said the shooting was done in self-defense, USA TODAY reports.
Protests have occurred in cities across the U.S. since Good’s death, including gatherings in Michigan, and additional demonstrations are scheduled throughout the weekend.
This is a developing story.
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