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2. Tarrio should still be in prison. What did he get 20 years for trying to overthrow the Fed. Government.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:25 AM
Yesterday


Even before his Proud Boys stint he was a criminal shit and an informant.

From Wiki.

In 2004, when he was 20 years old, Tarrio was convicted of theft. He was sentenced to community service and three years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution. After 2004, Tarrio relocated to a small town in North Florida to run a poultry farm. He later returned to Miami. He has also founded a security equipment installation firm and another firm providing GPS tracking for companies.[8]

In 2012, Tarrio was indicted for his role in a scheme to rebrand and resell stolen diabetic test strips. After being charged, Tarrio cooperated with investigators, helping them prosecute more than a dozen others.[9] In 2013, Tarrio was sentenced to 30 months (of which he served 16) in federal prison.[10][11][12]

Between 2012 and 2014, Tarrio was an informant to both federal and local law enforcement; in a 2014 federal court hearing, Tarrio's lawyer said that Tarrio had been a "prolific" cooperator who had assisted the government in the investigation and prosecution of more than twelve people in cases involving anabolic steroids, gambling, and human smuggling; had helped identify three "grow houses" where marijuana was cultivated; and had repeatedly worked undercover to aid in investigations. Tarrio denied working undercover or cooperating with prosecutions, but the court transcript contradicted the denial, and the former federal prosecutor in the proceeding against Tarrio confirmed that he cooperated.[13][14] Tarrio's role as an informant was first made public in January 2021,[9][15] after Reuters obtained the court records and interviewed investigators and lawyers involved in the case.[13]

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