Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, a former chief of the Proud Boys group, has been arrested on costs of conspiracy.

Tarrio was arrested on Tuesday morning throughout a raid on his dwelling. He was named in an indictment involving 5 beforehand charged members of the Proud Boys, who're dealing with federal costs for his or her roles within the January 6 Capitol riot.

Tarrio didn't attend the riot as a result of he was arrested on January 4 in Washington, D.C., accused of destroying public property, and was legally barred from collaborating within the so-called Cease the Steal rallies two days later.

However the Division of Justice (DOJ) mentioned in its official assertion that Tarrio "claimed credit score for what had occurred on social media and in an encrypted chat room throughout and after the assault."

This declare is in stark distinction to what Tarrio has beforehand mentioned concerning the January 6 riots. Newsweek beforehand reported that he publicly acknowledged that he discovered the occasions "horrible" after he determined to droop additional Proud Boy rallies. Nonetheless, he reiterated on the time that the group would stick by the members who have been arrested for his or her roles within the riots.

"We have been by means of the wringer," he mentioned. "Some other group after January sixth would crumble."

Enrique Tarrio Arrest
Enrique Tarrio, a former chief of the far-right Proud Boys group, was arrested Tuesday on a conspiracy cost for his alleged function within the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. Above, Tarrio wears a hat that claims The Conflict Boys throughout a rally in Portland, Oregon, on September 26, 2020.AP Photograph/Allison Dinner, File

Tarrio is being accused of getting an even bigger half within the planning of the riots than initially thought. In keeping with the DOJ, he collaborated with different Proud Boy leaders to map out an invasion of the Capitol to particularly disrupt the Electoral Faculty certification of then-President-elect Joe Biden.

Tarrio was charged with conspiracy to hinder an official continuing, obstruction of an official continuing, assaulting, resisting or impeding sure officers, and destruction of presidency property.

In keeping with the DOJ, the Proud Boys group describes itself as a "pro-Western fraternal group for males who refuse to apologize for creating the fashionable world, aka Western Chauvinists." Members of the group, together with these named within the indictment that Tarrio is now part of, are accused of directing and mobilizing "members of the group onto the Capitol grounds and into the Capitol, resulting in dismantling of metallic barricades, destruction of property and assaults on regulation enforcement."

Replace at 3/8/22, 2:21 p.m. ET: This story has been up to date with extra data.