The leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group,
Enrique Tarrio, was an undercover informant for police, according to a shocking new report.
Reuters obtained court documents and transcripts from 2014, when Tarrio was credited for helping law enforcement bring a case against people accused of drug, gambling and human smuggling crimes.
Vanessa Singh Johannes was the federal prosecutor during that hearing, and she told Reuters that Tarrio “cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in the prosecution of those running other, separate criminal enterprises, ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to operating pharmaceutical fraud schemes.”
Jeffrey Feiler, Tarrio’s lawyer at the time, is also on-record with Johannes as they implored the judge to reduce the prison sentence Tarrio and two co-defendants were facing for fraud charges from 2012. Johannes said Tarrio’s undercover role led to 13 people being prosecuted on federal charges, while Feil
Far-right Proud Boy leader revealed to be police informer
27 Jan, 2021 05:33 PM
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Daily Telegraph UK
By: US Team
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 in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding.
In the Miami hearing, a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Tarrio s own lawyer described his undercover work and said he had helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling and human smuggling.
Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Reportedly Worked as Informant
Jan 27, 2021 1:39 PM
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According to an exclusive report from
Reuters, Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, repeatedly worked as an undercover informant after being arrested in 2012.
Reuters obtained a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding that showed a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, and Tarrio’s lawyer detailing his work as an informant. They stated that Tarrio helped authorities prosecute over a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling, and human smuggling.
When Reuters asked Tarrio about working with investigators and cooperating in cases, he stated, I don’t know any of this. Tarrio also stated that he didn t recall anything about the transcripts. However, the former federal prosecutor in Tarrio’s case, Vanessa Singh Johannes, confirmed that Tarrio cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in th
Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Was ‘Prolific’ Undercover Informant for Law Enforcement: Report Alberto Luperon
Enrique Tarrio
Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the infamous far-right group the Proud Boys, served as an undercover informer for federal and local officials in the early 2010s, according to a new report from Reuters.
Nancy Pelosi and then-Vice President
Mike Pence, the latter of whom President
Donald Trump recently threw under the bus. The Proud Boys leader was not at the Capitol on the 6th, however. He was barred from D.C. because of a recent arrest which accuses him of possessing high-capacity ammunition magazines and burning the Black Lives Mater banner of an historical Black church.