His fortunes changed when he was arrested in Guatemala in June 1993 as part of a manhunt that followed a dramatic shootout in the airport car park of the central Mexican city of Guadalajara in which a cardinal was killed in his car.
Officials say overwhelming power and training – police used four armoured cars and the helicopter in the shootout – as well as the suspects' lack of preparation spelled the difference.
Romero's relative said he believed what happened on the ranch "was a massacre" not a shootout with criminal gunmen, as the government has said.
Galindo said a helicopter gunship had participated in the shootout and that its role had been decisive: "If the helicopter had not arrived, the death toll might have been different".
After their game seven win against the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference final, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper joked that his team could win myriad different ways but if an opponent wanted to get into a shootout, his guys liked to win that way.
Rooney scored in that shootout, as did Robin van Persie, who was then playing for Arsenal.
Then, with a penalty shootout looming and four minutes of the extra period remaining, Nicolai Müller scored for Hamburg, ensuring that Karlsruhe would need to score twice to gain promotion.
For a while, it looked as if the dreaded penalty shootout was looming as the match drifted into extra-time, until a fantastic free-kick from £1m-rated John Sheridan gave Leeds the lead after 99 minutes.
Zdeno Chara scored the equalizing goal on a power play with under three minutes remaining in regulation before Jarome Iginla had the lone goal in a shootout to rally the Boston Bruins past the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday.
"Jamo got us there, he saved two penalties in the semi-final in the shootout.
At Glendale, Arizona, Mikkel Boedker scored the lone shootout goal in the fifth round to lift the Phoenix Coyotes over the Nashville Predators 5-4.
