Enrique Tarrio
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, stands outside Harry's bar during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys, told members in a newly-surfaced audio message that the group is trying to avoid its members cooperating with federal agents and turning on each other, according to Reuters.

In the message, sent to colleagues in July, Tarrio says, "we are trying to f—ing avoid" a predicament in which four senior members facing charges work with prosecutors and other members "turn on each other."

"We have got to support these guys a hundred and fucking fifty percent," Tarrio said in the message.

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