“America’s Most Wanted” Murderer Gets Appointed As A Cop In Mexico, Arrested

A Mexican national who was one of “America’s Most Wanted” fugitives for two decades was found to be serving as a police officer, while he was captured in Mexico.

According to the New York Post, Antonio ”El Diablo” Riano charged with first-degree murder stemming from a 2004 fatal shooting outside a bar in Ohio was handed over to deputy US Marshals in Mexico.

On December 19, 2004, Riano fatally shot 25-year-old Benjamin Becerra at the Round House Bar in Hamilton, Ohio.

A Grand Jury indicted him on first-degree murder on February 16, 2005, but by that time, he fled to Mexico to escape prosecution.

He was placed on Butler County Sheriff’s Office’s “Most Wanted” list and was also profiled on a 2005 episode of ”America’s Most Wanted.”

When Riano was arrested in Mexico he was found to be working as a local police officer,” the US Marshals Service said.

He is now being extradited from Zapotitlan Palmas to the Butler County Jail in the US.