- Somewhat related, interesting news Archived Message
Posted by Raskolnikov
on January 28, 2021, 12:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Follow up from Jimmy Dore - Daryl Davis"
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https://www.dumptheguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informant?fbclid=IwAR30qYEbsx31wEvT-ZsaOuJLpqx2O67B9q_c0XIatJhgKH1dprSa3Mr2dFQ Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant Extremist leader repeatedly worked undercover for investigators after his arrest in 2012, former prosecutor and court files reveal 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. Tarrio, in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, denied working undercover or cooperating in cases against others. “I don’t know any of this,’” he said, when asked about the transcript. “I don’t recall any of this.” Law enforcement officials and the court transcript contradict Tarrio’s denial. In a statement to Reuters, the former federal prosecutor in Tarrio’s case, Vanessa Singh Johannes, confirmed that “he 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”. Tarrio, 36, is a high-profile figure who organizes and leads the rightwing Proud Boys in their confrontations with those they believe to be antifa, short for “anti-fascism”, an amorphous leftist movement. The Proud Boys were involved in the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January. The records uncovered by Reuters are startling because they show that a leader of a far-right group now under intense scrutiny by law enforcement was previously an active collaborator with criminal investigators. Continues at link. I can't decide whether this is the feds putting a snitch jacket on him to make sure he can't go back to his old position or whether he always was/became a snitch/provocateur. Given the FBI's history with creating plots using A.P.s in the name of Islamic "terror" (as always, read "The Terror Factory" by Aronson for details) there is definitely some meat on those bones. |