Florida Hispanic Arrested For Attack On Capitol Building In Washington

Miami, Jan 21 (EFE) .- A Latino from South Florida identified as Samuel Camargo was arrested and faces criminal charges for the attack on the Capitol perpetrated by followers of former President Donald Trump, which occurred on January 6.
Camargo is accused of violent entry and disorderly conduct in the Capitol, among other charges, according to the complaint, to which Efe had access.
Prosecutors on Thursday asked a court in the District of Columbia, which is handling the case, to keep him in custody, considering him “a flight danger.”
They pointed out that even though he knew they were looking for them in Florida because of the Capitol riots, “instead of surrendering,” he preferred to go back to Washington to be on the day of the inauguration of Democrat Joe Biden as the new US president. ., which was held yesterday Wednesday.
“The Court must grant the government’s motion to detain the accused, Samuel Camargo, pending trial because he has shown that there is a risk of flight,” he emphasizes.
With Camargo, there are already at least four people arrested in South Florida for the assault on the Capitol that left five dead.
According to the complaint, a former classmate of Camargo informed the FBI that the Latino had posted images and content on social media that showed him participating in the capture of the Capitol.
In one photo, Camargo appears to be holding a piece of metal from the Capitol building with the caption “I got some souvenirs, I did it myself,” the complaint details.
In another video, Camargo is seen recording his fight with the police to open a door in that building.
The defendant later offered on social media an apology for his actions “while he was on Capitol Hill,” according to the complaint.
Other South Florida arrests linked to the assault are Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, Joe Biggs and Gabriel García, recruiter and members of that far-right group, respectively, and Felipe Márquez.
Tarrio was arrested in Washington two days before the assault on the Capitol when he arrived in the US capital on charges related to the burning of a banner with the slogan “Black Lives Matter” (“Black lives matter”) that he removed last month from a historic church in the city.
Biggs, who worked for InfoWars, a controversial website promoting conspiracy theories, was arrested Wednesday.
As with Tarrio, who is of Cuban descent, prosecutors allege that Biggs sent multiple messages to others in the group, including one on December 29 in which he warned that the group’s members would give up their black and yellow colors to blend in with the crowd.
Meanwhile, Garcia, 40, a former Republican candidate for the 2020 Florida legislative primary, was detained Tuesday.
“We broke into the Capitol, things are about to get ugly,” Garcia said in a video about the shot that he himself posted on social media.
Marquez, 25, was arrested Tuesday in Coral Springs, also for his alleged involvement in the taking of the Capitol, local media reported.

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