OAN Staff Abril Elfi
11:49 AM – Sunday, August 18, 2024
A man who has been one of Ohio’s “most wanted” fugitives for nearly 20 years has been found working as a police officer in his hometown in Mexico.
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United States Marshals have revealed that on August 1st, Antonio Riano, who has been wanted for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Benjamin Becarra since 2004, was taken into custody in Zapotilan Palmas, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, where he had been working as a police officer.
Riano, now 72, was listed as one of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office’s “most wanted” and profiled on the “America’s Most Wanted” television series in 2005.
According to reports, Riano shot Becarra outside Roundhouse Bar in Hamilton, Ohio, following an argument on December 19th, 2004.
Following the argument between Riano and Barraca, the…
