The former leader of the “Proud Boys” will remain in custody awaiting trial, accused of conspiring with other members of that far-right group to attack the US Capitol and prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio “presents a danger to the public that cannot be mitigated by house arrest and a media ban,” US District Judge Timothy Kelly said in an order dated Friday.
Tarrio, a South Florida resident, has been in custody since March 8, the day after his indictment. According to the indictment, along with other leaders of the “Proud Boys,” he used encrypted channels, social networks and other electronic communications to plan and carry out a conspiracy to invade the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and interfere with the certification of the vote by Congress. of the Electoral College.
The detainee had asked Timothy Kelly to order his release on bail, but the request was denied and the judge considered that the evidence against Tarrio was “very strong.”
Tarrio was not in Washington when the uprising took place, having been arrested two days earlier and forced to stay outside the nation’s capital, accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter flag at a historic black church during a protest in December 2020.
Five other men linked to the “Proud Boys” were indicted along with Tarrio in March.
Source: Observadora
