Antonio Riano was wanted for the shooting of Benjamin Becarra, 25, in the US state of Ohio, in 2004.

U.S. Marshals arrested Riano in his hometown of Zapotitlan Palmas in Oaxaca, Mexico, where they discovered he had been working as a police officer.

Riano, 72, is accused of shooting Becerra in the face after an argument at a bar.

“This type of apprehension would not be possible without the cooperation and due diligence of both the Prosecutor’s Office investigators, the United States Marshal Service, and the United States Department of Justice,” said Michael T. Gmoser, Butler County prosecutor.