The Proud Boys is a far-right, male chauvinist extremist group that seized on the Trump administration’s policies and was a major agitator during earlier protests and the Capitol riot on Jan. Tarrio was arrested earlier this year and charged with possession two high-capacity gun magazines and destroying a Black Lives Matter sign at a historic church in D.C. Proud Boys rush to defend leader’s past life as a police informant Court documents show that Enrique Tarrio worked as an undercover informer for the FBI. Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio (US English: / t r i o / TAR-ee-oh, US Spanish: born 1984 or 1985) is an American activist, former FBI informant, and convicted felon who serves as chairman of the Proud Boys, a far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that. In Spanish, it is spelled Tarro, with an acute accent on the. It appears Tarrio went undercover to help Miami police and he cooperated with the FBI in multiple drug and illegal gambling investigations, according to court transcripts obtained by media outlets like the AP and NBC.Īn email seeking comment was not immediately returned from a lawyer representing Tarrio in his current case. The surname Tarrio is of Spanish language origin. 1 7 The Proud Boys has been designated as a terrorist group in Canada 8 9 and New Zealand.
Tarrio has called the FBI the 'enemy of the people,' just weeks after it was reported he worked. The details of Henry “Enrique” Tarrio’s cooperation were found in a transcript of a 2014 hearing in federal court in Florida. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested. The Proud Boys is an American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States. Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, during a protest in Washington, D.C.
Court records show that the leader of the Proud Boys, who was arrested in Washington shortly before the Capitol riot, previously worked undercover and cooperated with investigators after he was accused of fraud in 2012.
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