Is Henry “Enrique” Tarrio really the leader of the Proud Boys? Is there more than one type of chapter? What should a prospect know? Keep reading to learn the answers to these questions and much more about the Proud Boys.

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio – Federal Informant

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio is a federal informant. See for yourself here. He has engaged in federal informant activity multiple times. Why does it matter to us? Clearly, this is a grave character flaw and unbecoming of a man. More importantly, any organization that engages in political dissidence against governmental entities that use the federal judicial system as a weapon must not tolerate anyone who has ever chosen to work for this same federal judicial system as an informant. He simply can’t be trusted.

Of particular note is Henry’s tenure as a federal informant, which was a circumstance in which Henry Tarrio helped federal law enforcement prosecute 13 people spanning two separate indictments. His sentence was reduced from 30 months in prison to 16 months. We ask the reader to consider these numbers for a moment.

Henry had a 30-month sentence. After his work as an informant, this was reduced to 16 months. Henry sent THIRTEEN PEOPLE to trial to spare himself 14 months in jail. This isn’t a circumstance where a defendant shaves off decades of prison time. Henry decided that 13 people who trusted him had to face prison so he could be released early by less than a year and a half.

We’ve done our due diligence to understand his side of the story. Claims of him “having no choice” because the feds “threatened to go after people he cared about” fall on deaf ears. If your family or friends risk being hurt by your criminal activity, don’t commit crime. If his federal involvement had been discovered during his prospecting period, Henry would never have been admitted as a member. This same standard must be applied now.

Henry Disavowed as a Proud Boy

A few years ago, Henry Tarrio was disavowed by his Florida Proud Boy chapter in accordance with applicable bylaws. The decision was almost unanimous. His entire chapter voted to have him removed; the only vote cast in his favor was cast by him. That he supposedly represents the Proud Boys is false and another lie spread by the media, who know nothing about us.

Henry ran a merchandising business that manufactured Proud Boy hats and T-shirts in addition to other apparel. Being disavowed from his chapter and no longer a Proud Boy presented an obvious problem for this enterprise. Perhaps it was this, or sheer hubris, that prompted Henry to form his own illegitimate chapter in the same geographical location as the chapter that disavowed him. Whatever the reason, he refused to respect the decision of his chapter and formed a new chapter outside of the established protocols respected by all Proud Boys.

He called his new and illegitimate chapter “Villan City” and continues to claim membership in this fictitious chapter today. Nationally, some Proud Boys maintained loyalty to Henry after the creation of his counterfeit chapter. Perhaps, in an incredibly naive moment of sympathy, they felt that his role as a federal informant was before his time as a Proud Boy and, as such, was irrelevant. Yet the majority of these supporters seem unaware that Henry was disavowed by the men who knew him the best, his chapter, and that he was disavowed before the rift in our fraternity under the very same national structure and bylaws they hold so dear.

Proud Boys Organizational Divide

Henry’s formation of an illegitimate chapter outside of established bylaws led to a split in our organization. Tarrio loyalists wished to look past his self-admitted actions as a federal informant. The rest of the club did not. Most chapters recognized the failure of Henry’s leadership after J6 and the dangers presented by any national leadership structure, particularly when facing a weaponized judicial system.

After Henry was imprisoned for J6, his loyalists retained the administrative rights to proudboysusa.com (which was only started on May 13, 2024, as a cheap copy of this website) and began removing chapters that opposed the inclusion of federal informants. To this day, federal informant-supporting chapters (known as federal chapters for short) believe if a chapter is not on their website, it is not an official chapter. Let’s clear this up.