A fugitive suspected hitwoman-for-hire was arrested in a dramatic dawn raid this morning after she was tracked her down to a rented one-bed flat on the outskirts of Armenia‘s capital.
WHAT HAPPENED?
American citizen Aimee Betro, 44, had been internationally-wanted since an attempted hit in September 2019, which allegedly saw her weapon jam as she tried to gun down clothing store owner Sikander Ali outside a house in Birmingham on the orders of rival Mohammed Aslam, 56, and his son Mohammed Nazir, 30.
DETAILS OF THE TRIAL
In a trial that saw Aslam and Nazir convicted of conspiracy to murder for their role in orchestrating the plot, Birmingham Crown Court heard how Betro – who had allegedly disguised herself in a hijab for the attack – flew back to her native Wisconsin two days later and had not been seen since.
Despite successfully evading a five-year international manhunt involving police on both sides of the Atlantic, Betro’s reclusive new life in Eastern Europe was turned upside-down after she was tracked down after just two days of searching.
A combination of background details in her Instagram selfies and sunset photos taken from the living room window were enough to trace her to a gated housing complex on the northern outskirts of Yerevan, Armenia’s captial city.
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HOW SHE WAS ARRESTED
MailOnline informed West Midlands Police of her whereabouts after a reporter was able to conclusively prove that she still lived in the £600-a-month flat by obtaining CCTV of her running errands and a copy of her passport
Officers – who admitted they had no idea where she was hiding before the tip off – asked for a news blackout until she had been arrested.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW?
High level sources in the UK Monday confirmed that she had been arrested at her home and was due to be extradited back to the UK – where she faces being formally arrested by West Midlands police when her plane touches down.
