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McInnes involved Tarrio as a prospective electoral candidate, and in that capacity both conferred with Trump right-wing confidants Steve Bannon (whom Trump later pardoned) and Sebastian Gorka. He assumed the role of chairman for the organization on November 29, 2018, succeeding Jason Lee Van Dyke, who held the position for two days, and Van Dyke's predecessor Gavin McInnes. In 2018, Tarrio became a fourth-degree member of the Proud Boys, a distinction reserved for those who get into a physical altercation "for the cause" he punched a person who was believed to be aligned with antifa. He said he was there to protest the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. In August 2017, Tarrio attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Tarrio volunteered at a Miami event for far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in May 2017 when he encountered a member of the Proud Boys who encouraged him to join it. The Proud Boys is a far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States. According to a former federal prosecutor and the transcripts of a 2014 federal court proceeding, Tarrio had previously served as an informant to both federal and local law enforcement. In 2020, Tarrio was a candidate in the Republican primary election for Florida's 27th congressional district, but withdrew. Tarrio, who is Cuban-American and of Afro-Cuban background, served as the Florida state director of the grassroots organization Latinos for Trump. Tarrio was indicted in June 2022 on seditious conspiracy charges, along with four other Proud Boy leaders, for his alleged role in the 2021 United States Capitol attack. Henry " Enrique" Tarrio ( US English: / ˈ t ɑːr i oʊ/ TAR-ee-oh, US Spanish: born 1984 or 1985 ) is an American activist, former FBI informant, and convicted felon who serves as chairman of the Proud Boys, a far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States. In Spanish, it is spelled Tarrío, with an acute accent on the í. The surname Tarrio is of Spanish language origin. Chairman of the Proud Boys, Florida state director of Latinos for Trump