A fugitive who fled to Mexico after a 2022 murder in Phoenix has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, authorities announced Tuesday.
Antonio Rios, 26, was sentenced for killing Jose Juan Lopez, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Rios was trying to persuade a woman to leave a Phoenix bar with him when Lopez, her friend, intervened. Angered, Rios retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and opened fire on Lopez and the woman…