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Court Records Show Miami Proud Boys Leader Was Informant: Report
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio worked with the FBI and local law enforcement investigators after being arrested in 2012, reports said.
MIAMI, FL — Court transcripts from 2014 show that Miami Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio has worked as an undercover informant for the FBI and local law enforcement agencies, Reuters reported.
The records show that the 36-year-old leader of the far-right extremist group in South Florida has worked as an informant since being arrested on federal fraud charges for selling stolen diabetic test strips in 2012, reports said.
Tarrio assisted investigators on a range of cases, mostly related to drugs, gambling and human smuggling. He denied working as an informant to Reuters, though.
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“I don’t know any of this. I don’t recall any of this,” he said.
Vanessa Singh Johannes, the former federal prosecutor in the 2012 case against Tarrio, confirmed his role as an informant.
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She told Reuters 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.”
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