The Washington jury announced on Thursday guilty provocative conspiracy crime four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia, Its leader among them, Enrique Tarrio, for his role in the attacks on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2020.
In addition to Tarrio, they were also declared Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, who were convicted of provocative conspiracy, and Dominic Pezzola escaped this crime, but they all face a wide variety of charges, including conspiracy to disrupt an official case.
This is the third time going on andThe crime of creating sedition within the framework of the judicial process against those who attacked Congress Building, Several members of the Oath Keepers, another of these militias present at the time of the attack, were also found guilty, including their leader, Stewart Rhodes.
The trial lasted four months, and the testimony of one of its fellow members, Jeremy Bertino, who had already pleaded guilty to provocative conspiracy in October as part of a deal with the prosecution, was crucial. ““They had to do whatever it took to save the country,” he said.
Among the culprits is Enrique Tarrio, 38, who has been the head of the Proud Boys for many years. Although he was not there at the time of the riots – because he was arrested two days ago for possession of weapons and damage to property – prosecutors claim he set up a kind of “Ministry of Self-Defense” to “conspiracy” and “paralyze”. “Presidential devolution.
The rest are Ethan Nordean, one of the leaders of the Washington delegation; Joseph Biggs, an Army veteran and president of the Florida Proud Boys; Zachary Rehl, a former Marine and head of the group in Philadelphia, and Dominic Pezzola, who was caught on camera stealing a police shield that the crowd had smashed through one of the Capitol Building windows.
The plot they are accused of began when Tarrio called for an uprising via social networks and the internet, days after the former president’s defeat at the polls. Donald Trump. “We will be political prisoners if Biden steals these elections. We will not leave quietly (…) I promise,” he posted.
Since then, the Proud Boys’ presence in demonstrations questioning the validity of the elections has increased and has participated in many of the acts of violence that have occurred.
It is noted for being Tarrio o ‘One of the main ideologues of the Ministry of Self-Defense It consisted of a hundred heavily armed men who met at the George Washington Monument on the morning of January 6 to all go to the Capitol.
SProud Boys members stay at the forefront of attacks on overstretched Capitol copsAccording to records from that day, some, such as Nordean, Biggs, and Rehl, stayed in the background, allowing others to lead the attack only later to join.