Draft:Enrique Tarrio

Enrique Tarrio (1984/1985-) is a far-right and neo-fascist political activist, FBI informant, and former Proud Boys member and chairman from 2018 to 2021. Tarrio's existence as a black and hispanic man who is not only part of a neo-fascist group, but also a leader of one show how even people of color are not immune to radicalization to fascism.

Before the Proud Boys
Tarrio hailed from Little Havana, a Cuban neighborhood and enclave in Miami, Florida. He was raised Catholic.

Tarrio was a criminal during most of his youth. He was charged with various petty crimes over the years, such as theft and reselling diabetic testing strips. He would aid authrotieis in exposing others who had done the same, and exposing people who grew weed. This would later be similar to his betrayal of the Proud Boys after the capitol riot.

Proud Boys
Tarrio began his work as a Proud Boys operative in 2017, when he was summoned volunteered to join Milo Yiannopoulos in Miami to join a counter protest of the removal of a confederate moment there when he was approached by a member of the organization who convinced him to join.

Tarrio joined the organization soon after in 2018, becoming a fourth degree member and engaging in various violent political activity. Some examples are stealing a Black Lives Matter banner from the Asbury United Methodist Church (a historically black church in Washington D.C.), vandalizing said church as well as 3 other churches, assaulting an Antifa protestor, and the illegal possession of multiple high capacity magazines, which landed him D.C. jail. However, he was released before his sentence fully ended due to poor living conditions.

Capitol Riot
Though Tarrio was not at the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, he was responsible for putting the events in motion. Tarrio was indicted in a D.C. court on charges of conspiracy.