43 Facts About Enrique Tarrio

Henry "Enrique" Tarrio is an American convicted seditionist and far-right activist.

In September 2023, Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison, before being pardoned by US president Donald Trump following his return to office on January 20,2025.

Enrique Tarrio, who is Afro-Cuban, was the Florida state director of the grassroots organization Latinos for Trump.

In 2020, Enrique Tarrio was a candidate in the Republican primary election for Florida's 27th congressional district, but withdrew.

In 2004, when he was 20 years old, Enrique Tarrio was convicted of theft.

Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to community service and three years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution.

Enrique Tarrio has founded a security equipment installation firm and another firm providing GPS tracking for companies.

In 2012, Enrique Tarrio was indicted for his role in a scheme to rebrand and resell stolen diabetic test strips.

In 2013, Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.

Enrique Tarrio denied working undercover or cooperating with prosecutions, but the court transcript contradicted the denial, and the former federal prosecutor in the proceeding against Enrique Tarrio confirmed that he cooperated.

Enrique Tarrio volunteered at a Miami event for far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in May 2017 when he encountered a member of the Proud Boys, who encouraged him to join the organization.

Enrique Tarrio said he was there to protest the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials.

In 2018, Enrique Tarrio became a fourth-degree member of the Proud Boys, a distinction reserved for those who get into a physical altercation "for the cause"; he punched a person who was believed to be aligned with antifa.

Enrique Tarrio assumed the role of chairman for the organization on November 29,2018, succeeding Jason Lee Van Dyke, who held the position for two days, and Van Dyke's predecessor Gavin McInnes.

Enrique Tarrio helped organize the End Domestic Terrorism rally held in Portland, Oregon, on August 17,2019.

Enrique Tarrio said he is a close friend of Roger Stone, a Trump ally who is a high-profile Proud Boys supporter.

Enrique Tarrio began a run for Congress for Florida's 27th district in 2020, but withdrew before the Republican Party primary.

Enrique Tarrio was among a group of Proud Boys and far-right activists who attacked the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC that day.

Enrique Tarrio was charged with misdemeanor destruction of property and with two counts of felony possession of illegal high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Enrique Tarrio was released on bail on January 5,2021, with conditions; Tarrio was banned from entering Washington except for trial or meeting with his lawyers.

In July 2021, as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Enrique Tarrio pleaded guilty to destruction of property and to a misdemeanor count of attempted possession of a high-capacity magazine.

Enrique Tarrio acknowledged that he had burned the banner, but denied that the act was a hate crime.

Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 155 days in the DC Jail, more than the 90 days requested by federal prosecutors.

Enrique Tarrio was released from the DC jail in January 2022, after serving four months and a week.

In February 2022, under subpoena, Enrique Tarrio gave a deposition to committee investigators and two committee members.

The revelation in late January 2021 that Enrique Tarrio had been an informant to federal and local law enforcement between 2012 and 2014 contributed to rifts within the group.

In June 2021, Enrique Tarrio said that the Proud Boys had been "hemorrhaging money" since January 2021.

Enrique Tarrio said that more than a dozen processors had banned him, and his business account was closed by his bank.

In late June 2021, Enrique Tarrio said in an interview that he would step down as national chairman of the Proud Boys in September 2021.

Enrique Tarrio denied that his departure was related to splits in the movement, claiming that he was leaving to get more Proud Boys in Republican Party offices or local government seats and that he wanted to focus on the Florida chapter.

At the time, Enrique Tarrio insisted the group had some 30,000 members nationwide, although he could not provide evidence to support the claim.

Enrique Tarrio was indicted in DC federal court on a conspiracy charge by the Justice Department for his involvement in organizing the January 6 attack in March 2022.

The trial was slowed as Enrique Tarrio's counsel clashed with the judge; Judge Kelly denied at least 10 requests from Enrique Tarrio's legal team for a mistrial.

The chats showed that Enrique Tarrio, stationed in a Baltimore hotel room, encouraged the Proud Boys as they attacked the Capitol.

Enrique Tarrio chose not to take the stand to testify in his own defense.

The defendants' lawyers sought to depict the Proud Boys as merely a glorified "drinking club", and Enrique Tarrio's lawyers sought to shift responsibility to Trump himself.

Enrique Tarrio was convicted of obstruction of Congress ; of obstructing law enforcement; and of two additional counts of conspiracy.

On September 5,2023, Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison, the longest handed to a January 6 offender.

Enrique Tarrio's sentence included a terrorism enhancement, indicating Enrique Tarrio's actions influenced "the conduct of government by intimidation and coercion".

Enrique Tarrio was incarcerated for less than two years at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pollock, Louisiana.

Enrique Tarrio said on a podcast that he wanted "retribution" against those responsible for his incarceration.

Enrique Tarrio accused the officers of being "cowards", while one of the officers, Michael Fanone, called Enrique Tarrio a "traitor".

Enrique Tarrio is divorced, having had a brief marriage in his 20s.