Proud Boy Leader, Arrested in DC, Was a Federal Informant
The leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group involved in the Capitol riot, went undercover to assist Miami police and cooperated with the FBI in multiple drug and illegal gambling investigations, a court transcript shows.
The man, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, began working with the FBI after he was arrested in 2013 on federal fraud charges related to a scheme to sell stolen diabetic test strips well below market value, according to the transcript, which was reviewed by NBC News. . .
In arguing for a reduced sentence, the prosecutor said Tarrio had helped federal law enforcement agencies prosecute 13 other people in two separate indictments. . .
Messages left at the listed numbers for Tarrio, who was arrested in Washington, D.C., two days before the storming of the Capitol, were not returned. In an interview with Reuters, which first reported his role as a law enforcement cooperator, Tarrio denied working with the police. . .
Tarrio’s role as a police cooperator predated the rise of the Proud Boys, which formed in 2016. He became the national chairman of the group, which describes itself as an organization of “Western chauvinists,” in 2018. (Read more from “Proud Boy Leader, Arrest in DC, Was a Federal Informant” HERE)
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