How Not to Make a Killing
Canadian Adam Anhang was the son of well-known Winnipeg lawyer Abraham Anhang. The 32-year-old online gambling executive and real estate developer was beaten and stabbed on an Old San Juan street after dining with his soon-to-be-divorced wife, Aurea Vazquez Rijos, 28. The couple had apparently met in order to discuss the terms concerning their divorce.
According to investigators, Rijos offered Alex Pabon Colon three million dollars to bump off her husband. United States prosecutors claim Rijos lured her husband to Old San Juan in September 2005 to carry out his murder. Rijos emerged from the brutal attack with mild injuries. Her repeated refusals to provide the police with her testimony led local officials to investigate her possible involvement in the crime.
Jonathan Roman Rivera, a 24-year-old dishwasher at a restaurant run by Vazquez Rijos, was wrongly convicted for the murder of Anhang and was subsequently sentenced to 106 years in jail for carrying out the killing. He was the only individual arrested for the murder. Police are also saying he and Rijos were romantically involved.
On Wednesday, a grand jury handed down an indictment charging Anhang's widow, 28-year-old Aurea Vazquez Rijos, with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Pabon Colon has been in police custody since April and has been indicted along with Rijos, who is believed to be hiding in Italy. If convicted, both face being incarcerated for life.
In a statement delivered by US Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez Velez, she said "credible and material evidence" demonstrating Rivera's innocence had been handed over to the necessary courts. Luis Fraticelli, a special FBI agent in charge of the Bureau's San Juan office, declared, "Justice should prevail for Jonathan Roman Rivera, who's an innocent man."
Adam Anhang developed real estate in Puerto Rico, an American state located in the Caribbean. He also established CWC Gaming of Costa Rica. The company enjoyed contracts with some of the largest online gambling firms in the world.
Had her husband died while they were still married, Rijos would have inherited part of his US$24 million estate. However, a divorce would have left her with an alimony settlement ranging between $126,000 to $180,000 per year for two years, or until she married again - this according to the reported terms of the couple's prenuptial agreement.
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