A criminal has evaded capture for 20 years and is apparently working as a police officer all over the country. The most dangerous is the safest. The surprising reason revealed
Photo from the Butler County Prosecutor's Office.
On August 15, 2024, Oddity Central revealed a bizarre story: An American man named Antonio Riano, nicknamed El Diablo, which means “the devil” in Spanish, was arrested in the United States for a deadly shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, but 20 years later, the police had been unable to catch him. Until recently, it was discovered that the criminal turned out to be a police officer in another country.
In December 2004, four days before Christmas, Antonio got into an argument with a 25-year-old man in a pub in the city. The two fought all the way out of the shop. CCTV footage shows Antonio pulling out a gun and shooting the man in the face, killing him, before running away. He evaded arrest by police.
Police issued an arrest warrant. Ready to hunt Antonio across the country. Officers found that his last known location was to see his sister in New Jersey. Before she disappeared and was never seen again. After a few years of intense manhunt, authorities ended the operation, but Antonio's name remained on the U.S. criminal list.
Even 20 years later, the chance of catching this criminal seemed to fade with time, but suddenly, Paul Newton, the former detective who worked on the case 20 years ago, now works for the Butler County District Attorney's Office. . I tried searching Antonio's name. On Facebook and was unexpectedly shocked. When he found the picture of the person he had always dreamed of capturing.
But what shocked Paul even more was that Antonio met him on this social media account. Working as a police officer in the Oaxaca City area of Mexico, Paul describes his feelings at the time, saying: “I said, ‘Oh God! That’s him. He looks older. A little older, but it’s definitely him.’”
Photo from the Butler County Prosecutor's Office.
Paul immediately turned the matter over to US investigators. The official then contacted Mexican authorities. Before they could confirm, Antonio was already working as a police officer there. Mexican authorities then detained Antonio. Ready to send him back to the US. Antonio was eventually charged with murder. He was tried according to law and could face life in prison.
However, despite the evidence from CCTV footage from 20 years ago, Antonio, now 72, denies the allegations. But even if that were the case, the prosecutor pointed out that his confession was not required for the trial.
As Mark Henson, a detective who worked on the case 20 years ago, put it: “We’ve got all the evidence we need. We could have prosecuted him a long time ago. All that’s left is waiting for time to find him.”
All this and finally, when Antonio was asked why he became a police officer, he thought that maybe he thought that the most dangerous place was the safest place. But the answer I got from him surprised everyone.
“I want to help the people of Mexico,” Antonio said.
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