Henry Tarrio Wiki – Henry Tarrio Biography
Enrique Tarrio is the chairman of the Proud Boys, a far-right, neo-fascist, and male-only political organization. In 2020, he was a candidate in the Republican primary election for Florida’s 27th congressional district but withdrew. Tarrio is the Florida state director of the grassroots organization Latinos for Trump.
After 2004, Tarrio relocated to a small town in North Florida to run a poultry farm. He later returned to Miami. He has also founded a security equipment installation firm and another providing GPS tracking for companies.
Tarrio owns a Miami T-shirt business, known as the 1776 Shop, an online vendor for right-wing merchandise. Slate described the 1776 Shop as a “freewheeling online emporium for far-right merch” that sells a range of Proud Boys gear including shirts stating “Pinochet did nothing wrong”.
Henry Tarrio Age
Enrique Tarrio is 37 years old.
Arrested & Charge
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, was arrested after he arrived in the US capital ahead of protests planned by supporters of President Donald Trump to coincide with the congressional vote expected on Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.
Tarrio was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property, police said.
He is also facing weapons charges after officers found him with two high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested.
A pro-Trump rally in December ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters, some wearing the signature black and yellow of the Proud Boys, clashed with counter-protesters attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Later in the evening, vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner alight.
Video posted online showed people pouring an accelerant on a banner near the Asbury United Methodist Church and setting it alight.
Tarrio told The Washington Post he joined in with the burning of the Black Lives Matter banner and said he would plead guilty to destruction of property and pay the church the cost.
“We just want to see justice be done,” the Reverend Dr. Ianther Mills, senior pastor at Asbury, said in an interview on Monday.
Investigation Report
Mills said Asbury saw another Black Lives Matter sign taken from its location over the Christmas holiday, prompting her to formally request extra protection for the church during Wednesday’s planned protests. Local police already have begun conducting extra surveillance in the area, she said.
A police spokesman told The Associated Press last month that investigators were probing the incidents as potential hate crimes, but no hate crime charges had been filed against Tarrio.
Tarrio did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the allegations and it was not immediately clear whether Tarrio had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
Between May 30, 2020, and Monday, Metro Police said 655 people, including 26 minors, were arrested for curfew violations and riot-related charges. Just over one-fourth were from Maryland, while 41% were from the district.