- has a history of cooperating with law enforcement, according to court records and a former prosecutor.
- Mr. Tarrio helped the F.B.I. and local police departments go after more than a dozen criminal defendants about a decade ago was first reported by Reuters on Wednesday.
- The court transcript documents a hearing in 2014 where Mr. Tarrio sought to reduce his own sentence in a fraud case, shows that he helped law enforcement officers to investigate and prosecute criminal enterprises, including an illegal gambling business, a marijuana grow lab, an operation that sold anabolic steroids and an immigrant smuggling ring.
- He denied to Reuters that he had ever worked undercover or cooperated with law enforcement.
“I don’t know any of this,” he said. “I don’t recall any of this.”
