There was a sense of bittersweetness in Abril Rios as she stood outside of the Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse in Manhattan Friday afternoon, just moments after Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty and admitted shooting former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
On one hand, the man that Rios and the other self-proclaimed “Mangionistas” had made the center of their movement was admitting to a violent crime. On the other hand, she anticipated hearing the words eventually.