Proud Boys Leader Was Prolific Informer For Law Enforcement: Reuters Report
The feds say Enrique Tarrio had previously helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases.
Aram Roston
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - 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 obtained by Reuters.
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 once cooperated, informed on other suspects in 2012 fraud case
Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post
Jan. 27, 2021
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Proud Boys leader Henry Enrique Tarrio was once a prolific cooperator with FBI and local law enforcement in South Florida, according to court records from a 2012 fraud case in which he pleaded guilty to helping sell stolen goods.
Tarrio is under intense law enforcement scrutiny since the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which members of the Proud Boys have been charged with some of the most destructive and aggressive acts around the building, according to people familiar with the FBI s ongoing investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the case.
During the 2014 hearing, the federal prosecutor said that Mr. Tarrio subsequently provided investigators with information that led to the prosecution of 13 other people, Reuters reported.
Jeffrey Feiler, Mr. Tarrio‘s lawyer at the time, said during the hearing that his client worked undercover repeatedly to help investigators and called him a “prolific” cooperator, the report said.
Mr. Tarrio, his lawyer told the court, “at his own risk, in an undercover role met and negotiated to pay $11,000 to members of that ring to bring in fictitious family members of his from another country,” Reuters reported.
Vanessa Singh Johannes, a former federal prosecutor involved in that case, recently confirmed his cooperation as well, Reuters reported. In a statement, she said Mr. 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 phar
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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has a history of being an informant in criminal investigations Haven Orecchio-Egresitz Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, stands outside Harry s bar during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio used to be a federal and local police informant, Reuters reported. Tarrio s cooperation assisted in the prosecution of more than a dozen defendants. He denied this report, but it was confirmed in a court transcript obtained by Reuters.
Enrique Tarrio used to serve as a criminal informant in Florida before moving on to serve as the leader of the prominent Proud Boys extremist group,Reuters reported.