Danelo Cavalcante prison escape: Pennsylvania prison under fire after new video shows killer’s escape - The Independent

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The manhunt for convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante has now entered its eighth day with details beginning to emerge about how he managed to escape from prison in Pennsylvania.

Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison days after he was sentenced to life without parole for stabbing his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao, 31, to death in front of her two small children. He is also wanted for a 2017 murder in Brazil.

Cavalcante was last spotted in a creek bed near Pennsbury Township on Tuesday evening. Authorities fruitlessly searched the area for hours.

Police said on Wednesday that he broke out by climbing onto the roof from one of the prison’s exercise yards. Newly released video shows Cavalcante crawling up a wall at the prison before he disappears from the frame.

He then jumped down to an area of the prison with less surveillance. A tower officer tasked with observing the site failed to report the incident and Cavalcante’s escape was only noticed during a head count.

It’s the second jailbreak at the prison this year. The inmate who previously attempted to escape used the same method as Cavalcante but was caught within minutes after a tower officer informed prison staff.

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DA says family of Cavalcante’s murder victim are terrified

Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryans said during a press conference on Thursday that the family of Deborah Brandao, who was murdered by Cavalcante in 2021, are terrified following his prison escape.

“They do have protection and they are terrified. They haven’t left their home, they’re barricaded inside their home and they are very scared,” Ms Ryan said. “We do have police detail surrounding the home but I know they are very scared and very, very worried.”

Ms Ryan also said that Cavalcante will not be going back to Chester County Prison once he’s captured.

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Police say Cavalcante has not left any items behind

Lt Col Bivens said that investigators have not been able to find any traces left behind by Cavalcante.

An eight-mile search perimeter has been set up based on sightings of Cavalcante.

Mr Bivens said authorities were facing challenges when canvassing the vast area where Cavalcante is believed to be hiding.

“It’s not a perfect piece of land that you can just march through. You’ve got businesses, residences, highways, hills, valleys, wooded areas,” Mr Bivens said.

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Lt Col George Bivens says state police is focusing search on residencial areas

Mr Bivens said that authorities were searching residencial areas and what appeared to be abandoned homes.

Authorities were especially focusing on signs of forced entry.

“He’s a very dangerous individual and he remains so,” Mr Bivens said. “He’s already murdered two people in a very brutal manner, one in Brazil and another person here.”

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Search perimeter is now eights miles

Authorities said during a press conference on Thursday that the search perimeter had to be expanded.

“I have every reason to believe he is within that perimeter,” Lt Col Bevins said. “We are working really hard to capture the convict and not let him go anywhere.”

Andrea Blanco7 September 2023 20:06

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Sister of woman murdered by ‘dangerous’ fugitive says she hasn’t slept since he went on run

Sarah Brandao, sister of the victim Deborah Brandao said in an interview that since Cavalcante’s jailbreak last week, “I have been waking up with fright at night”.

Deborah Brandao was stabbed 38 times by her ex-boyfriend Danelo Cavalcante with a kitchen knife in Schuylkill Township Chester in County, Pennsylvania, back in April 2021.

The Independent’s Marroosha Muzaffar reports:

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Danelo Cavalcante was last seen in a creek bed

Cavalcante was last spotted near Chandler Road in Pennsbury Township on Tuesday evening. Local and federal law enforcement agencies searched the area for hours but were not able to locate Cavalcante.

Mr Bivens said that search units were experiencing challenges while canvassing the vast wooded area where Cavalcante is believed to be hiding. A K-9 unit had to be hospitalised on Tuesday, Mr Bivens said, after suffering a heat-related medical incident.

“I don’t think he has more ability than we initially gave him credit for, I think it’s a very challenging area,” Mr Bivens said. “We have had some searches like this in the past ... some take hours, some take days, some take months.”

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Last sighting was reported on Tuesday evening, police say

Cavalcante was last spotted near Chandler Road in Pennsbury Township on Tuesday evening. Local and federal law enforcement agencies searched the area for hours but were not able to locate Cavalcante.

Mr Bivens said that search units were experiencing challenges while canvassing the vast wooded area where Cavalcante is believed to be hiding. A K-9 unit had to be hospitalised on Tuesday, Mr Bivens said, after suffering a heat-related medical incident.

“I don’t think he has more ability than we initially gave him credit for, I think it’s a very challenging area,” Mr Bivens said. “We have had some searches like this in the past ... some take hours, some take days, some take months.”

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‘He said he was going to do something bad to our lives’, daughter of Cavalcante’s victim told police

The daughter of Danelo Cavalcante’s victim told police that he showed up at their house and said he was going to do “something bad to their lives”, according to an affidavit.

The seven-year-old daughter of Deborah Brandao told police that he “pulled two knives out from a black bag that was behind his back”.

She started screaming and Cavalcante hit her with a rock, police wrote in the affidavit.

Cavalcante is also a suspect in a 2017 homicide case in Brazil, according to US Marshals Service.

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WATCH: CCTV footage shows Danelo Calvacante's prison escape

CCTV footage shows Danelo Calvacante's prison escape

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Peter Navarro: ex-Trump adviser found guilty of contempt of Congress - BBC

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BBC News, Washington

Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump, has been convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate with a probe into the 2021 US Capitol riot.

Prosecutors said Navarro acted "above the law" by ignoring a subpoena from a congressional investigation.

He faces up to a year in prison for each of the two contempt counts.

Outside court, Navarro vowed to appeal against this "landmark case" all the way to the Supreme Court.

"This is the first time in the history of our republic," he said, "that a senior White House adviser, an alter ego of the president, has ever been charged with this alleged crime."

Navarro, a former senior trade adviser, was served a subpoena by a US House of Representatives select committee in February 2022.

But he did not hand over any emails or documents or appear to testify before the panel.

The committee had hoped to question Navarro about efforts to delay certification of the 2020 election, according to a former staff director for the panel who testified in court.

Navarro was indicted in June 2022 and arrested by FBI agents at a Washington airport as he was boarding a flight to Nashville, Tennessee.

During a brief trial this week, prosecutors sought to portray the case as a relatively straightforward one with far-reaching implications.

"This case is all about a guy who didn't provide documents," justice department prosecutor John Crabb said in his opening statement.

"This case is just about a guy who didn't show up for his testimony. This case is that simple".

Navarro's lawyer, Stanley Woodward, argued that the evidence would "not show that Dr Navarro was wilful in his failure to comply".

When contacted by the committee, Navarro said former President Donald Trump had instructed him to cite executive privilege.

This is a legal principle which allows certain White House communications to be kept under wraps.

But last week, Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama nominee, ruled there was no evidence that Mr Trump or executive privilege could have allowed him to ignore the committee's summons.

In addition to a maximum sentence of a year in prison for each count, Navarro also faces fines of up to $100,000 (£80,000).

Another key Trump ally, former strategist Steve Bannon, was convicted of two counts of contempt for defying the committee's legal summons in July 2022.

Bannon was sentenced to four months in jail, but has remained free while his defence team appeals the conviction.

Navarro's sentencing is scheduled for January.

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Missile strikes crowded market in eastern Ukraine - Al Jazeera English

A Russian missile has hit a crowded outdoor market in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials say.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a child was among those killed on Wednesday in the city of Kostiantynivka, located close to the front lines in Donetsk province where heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces is under way.

“This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible,” Zelenskyy said, describing it as an attack on a “peaceful city”.

“A regular market. Shops. A pharmacy. People who did nothing wrong,” Zelenskyy said on his official Telegram channel.

There was no immediate comment by Russia, which has denied deliberately targeting civilians.

At a news conference in Kyiv with visiting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Zelenskyy called the strike “deliberate”.

“Those who know this place are well aware that it is a civilian area,” he said.

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2023-09-06 17:27:50Z
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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio jailed for 22 years for Capitol riot - BBC

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The Proud Boys' former leader Enrique Tarrio has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

It is the longest sentence handed down so far over the attack, which happened as lawmakers were certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

Tarrio, 39, was not in Washington during the riot, but helped organise the far-right group's involvement.

Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 33 years in prison.

That was the longest suggested prison sentence to come from the Department of Justice's sprawling investigation into the riot, which has so far seen more than 1,100 people arrested and charged.

The rioters turned out in support of then-president Donald Trump, who continues to deny that he lost the 2020 election. He has promised to pardon most or all of the rioters if he is re-elected president in 2024.

Tarrio was convicted in May of seditious conspiracy, a Civil War-era charge, and multiple other counts. He has been in jail since his arrest last year.

In their sentencing recommendation, prosecutors described Tarrio as a "naturally charismatic leader" and "a savvy propagandist" who was the "primary organiser" of the conspiracy he and his co-defendants were convicted of.

They also said he condoned and promoted violence from others. "He was a general rather than a soldier," prosecutors wrote.

They argued he helped rally members of the far-right group to come to Washington DC and, while he was not in the city at the time, prosecutors said he monitored their movements and encouraged them as the attack unfolded.

As Trump supporters laid siege to the congressional complex, Tarrio posted online that he was "enjoying the show".

"Do what must be done," he wrote, urging on the rioters.

US District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump nominee who presided over the sentencing hearing, concluded that Tarrio began planning an attack on the Capitol in December 2020 and instituted a rigid command structure.

"Tarrio was the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who organised, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal," Judge Kelly said. "I don't have any indication that he is remorseful for the actual things that he was convicted of."

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Before he learned his fate on Tuesday, an emotional Tarrio apologised to police and residents of Washington DC for his role in the riot. "I am extremely ashamed and disappointed that they were caused grief and suffering," he said. "I will have to live with that shame for the rest of my life."

Tarrio, who wore an orange jail uniform, added: "I was my own worst enemy. My hubris convinced me that I was a victim and targeted unfairly."

Acknowledging that Mr Trump had lost the November 2020 presidential election, Tarrio said: "I am not a political zealot. I didn't think it was even possible to change the results of the election.

"Please show me mercy," Tarrio asked the judge. "I ask you that you not take my 40s from me."

Tarrio was national chairman of the Proud Boys. Founded in New York City in 2016, members of the far-right group have described themselves as an all-male drinking club.

They regarded themselves as Mr Trump's foot-soldiers and have often been involved in street clashes with far-left anti-fascist activists.

Tarrio's lawyer argued in court on Tuesday that his client was a "keyboard ninja" and "misguided patriot" who tended to "talk trash", but had no intention of overthrowing the government.

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However, Judge Kelly noted that Tarrio had on many previous occasions expressed no remorse for his actions.

Tarrio was also found guilty in May of obstruction and conspiracy charges, civil disorder and destruction of government property.

Prosecutors had called his actions "a calculated act of terrorism", meriting a sentence of 33 years in prison. The defence wanted no more than 15 years.

Tarrio stood silently while the judge handed down the penalty. As he was led from court, Tarrio waved to his family in the public gallery and flashed a peace sign.

His lawyers said he plans to appeal.

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Tuesday's was the last in a series of sentencing hearings for the ringleaders of the Capitol riot.

Until now, the longest sentences were the 18-year terms handed down last week to another Proud Boy, Ethan Nordean, and in May to Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia.

Three other Proud Boys received prison sentences last week for their roles in the riot.

Former US Marines Dominic Pezzola and Zachary Rehl received 10 and 15 years respectively.

Joe Biggs, a US Army veteran, got 17 years.

The charges against the rioters have varied - from relatively minor crimes like entering a restricted area, to destruction of government property, assault and conspiracy. Around 200 have pleaded guilty to felony charges.

The investigation is ongoing and the FBI is still trying to locate 14 rioters captured on video assaulting police officers or members of the media.

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At least 7 people dead as floods ravage Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria - Euronews

Torrential rain has caused unprecedented flooding in southeast Europe and widespread destruction prompting evacuations in both residential and tourism areas

Fierce rainstorms battered neighbouring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on Tuesday, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Turkey.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said four other people were missing after the flash flood swept over the campsite in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria. He noted that about 12 vacationers were at the site when the waters hit.

Search teams had located two bodies, he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “The search and rescue efforts for the missing (four) continue uninterrupted,” he added.

Television footage showed rescuers carrying a young girl and an adult to safety from waters reaching waist-high in some areas. The rains also damaged and forced the closure of a main road, local media reported.

In Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, heavy rain flooded streets and homes in two neighbourhoods, leaving at least two dead, according to a statement from the governor's office. Around a dozen people were rescued after being stranded inside a library, while some subway stations were shut down. Istanbul Gov. Davut Gul urged motorcyclists to stay home.

In Greece, police banned traffic in the central town of Volos, the nearby mountain region of Pilion and the resort island of Skiathos as record rainfall caused at least one death, channelled thigh-high torrents through streets and swept cars away.

The fire department said one man was killed near Volos when a wall buckled and fell on him. Five people were reported missing, possibly swept away by floodwaters.

Authorities sent cellphone alerts in several other areas of central Greece, the Sporades island chain and the island of Evia warning people to limit their movements outdoors.

Streams overflowed their banks and swept cars into the sea in the Pilion area, while rockfalls blocked roads, a small bridge was carried away and many areas suffered electricity cuts. Authorities evacuated a retirement home in the city of Volos as a precaution.

Greece’s weather service said a Pilion region village received 75.4 centimetres of rain late Tuesday, by far the highest level recorded since at least 2006. It noted that the average annual rainfall in the Athens region is around 40 centimetres.

The country's minister of climate crisis and civil protection, Vassilis Kikilias, said the heavy rain was expected to ease up after midday Wednesday. He advised people in affected areas to stay indoors.

The storm comes on the heels of major summer wildfires that hit Greece over the past few weeks, with some burning for more than two weeks and destroying vast tracts of forest and farmland. More than 20 people were killed in the fires.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis blamed both the wildfires and storms on climate change while conceding that his centre-right government “clearly didn't manage things as well as we would have liked” on the wildfire front.

“I am afraid that the careless summers, as we knew them ... will cease to exist and from now on the coming summers are likely to be ever more difficult,” he said Tuesday.

Farther north in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said two people died and three others were missing after a storm caused floods on the country's southern Black Sea coast.

Overflowing rivers caused severe damage to roads and bridges. The area also suffered power blackouts, and authorities warned residents not to drink tap water due to contamination from floodwaters.

High winds sent 2-metre waves crashing onto beaches at tourist resorts amid torrential rain that flooded streets and houses.

TV footage showed cars and camper vans being swept out to sea in the hardest-hit southern resort town of Tsarevo. Authorities declared a state of emergency in Tsarevo and urged people to move upstairs as the ground floors of some hotels were inundated.

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At least 5 people killed as rainstorms, floods hit Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria - Al Jazeera English

At least five people have been killed in torrential rainstorms and flooding in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, including two people who were washed away when floodwaters swept through a camping ground in Turkey’s northwestern province.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday that four other people were still missing after the flash flood swept over the vacation site in Kirklareli province, near the borders with Bulgaria and Greece, where some 12 holidaymakers were staying at the time.

Search teams had located two bodies and six people were rescued, the minister said on social media.

“The search and rescue efforts for the missing 4 persons continue uninterrupted,” Yerlikaya said on the platform X previously known as Twitter, with accompanying photos of a heavily flooded forested area.

In Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, heavy rain flooded streets and homes in at least two neighbourhoods, shutting down some subway stations and trapping people in a library, the Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet reported.

Istanbul’s Governor Davut Gul said on social media that authorities would provide accommodation in public facilities for those affected by flooding.

Turkey’s AFAD disaster management agency predicted further rainstorms for the west and southwest of the country and warned of the dangers from flash floods, lightning strikes and high winds.

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In Greece, police banned traffic in the town of Volos, the nearby mountain region of Pelion and the resort island of Skiathos as record rainfall caused at least one death, sent thigh-high floodwaters through streets and swept vehicles away.

The Greek fire service said one man was killed near Volos when a wall buckled and fell on him. Five people were reported missing, possibly swept away in the flooding.

Streams overflowed their banks and swept cars away while rockfalls blocked roads and many areas suffered electricity cuts.

Greece’s weather service said a Pelion region village received 75.4cm (nearly 30 inches) of rain late on Tuesday, by far the highest level recorded since at least 2006. It noted that the average annual rainfall in the Athens region is about 40cm (15.75 inches).

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On Skiathos, “planes cannot approach the airport” because of the flooding, Savvas Karagiannis, a spokesman for Fraport, the German company that manages Greece’s regional airports, told the French news agency AFP on Tuesday.

“The weather conditions are extreme and there are currently many delays in airport connections”, he said.

Greece’s minister of climate crisis and civil protection, Vassilis Kikilias, said the heavy rain was expected to ease up after midday on Wednesday. He advised people in affected areas to stay indoors.

“This is an extreme phenomenon”, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a meeting on Tuesday with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

The rain storms and flooding come on the heels of devastating wildfires that hit Greece over the past few weeks and left more than 20 people dead.

Classified by experts as a “megafire”, a huge blaze raging over the last two week in the Dadia National Park, in the northern Evros region, destroyed more than 81,000 hectares (200,155 acres) of forest.

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In Bulgaria, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said on Tuesday that two people had died and three others were missing after a storm caused floods on the country’s southern Black Sea coast.

“Those who have died are one man and one woman,” Denkov told journalists from the flood-hit coastal town of Tsarevo.

Several hundred holidaymakers vacationing along the coast have been evacuated to safer locations.

Authorities have declared a state of emergency in Tsarevo and urged people to move upstairs as the ground floors of some hotels were inundated.

Flooding – rare in the Black Sea coast area – is becoming increasingly common in Bulgaria due to climate change and the poor maintenance of infrastructure.

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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio jailed for 22 years for Capitol riot - BBC

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BBC News, Washington, in court

The Proud Boys' former leader Enrique Tarrio has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

It is the longest sentence handed down so far to a ringleader over the attack, as US lawmakers were certifying President Joe Biden's victory.

Tarrio, 39, was not in Washington during the riot, but helped organise the far-right group's involvement.

More than 1,100 people have been arrested on Capitol riot charges.

The rioters had turned out in support of then-president Donald Trump, who continues to refuse losing the 2020 election.

Mr Trump has promised to pardon most or all of the rioters if he is re-elected president in 2024.

Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy, a US Civil War-era charge, and other counts in May.

Before he learned his fate on Tuesday, an emotional Tarrio apologised to police and residents of Washington DC for his role in the riot.

"I am extremely ashamed and disappointed that they were caused grief and suffering," he told Washington's federal courthouse. "I will have to live with that shame for the rest of my life."

Tarrio, wearing an orange jail uniform, added: "I was my own worst enemy.

"My hubris convinced me that I was a victim and targeted unfairly."

Acknowledging that Mr Trump had lost the November 2020 presidential election, Tarrio said: "I am not a political zealot.

"Inflicting harm or changing the results of the election was not my goal.

"I didn't think it was even possible to change the results of the election."

"Please show me mercy," Tarrio asked the judge. "I ask you that you not take my 40s from me."

At one point earlier, he could be seen wiping tears from his eyes as his mother asked the judge for leniency.

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Tarrio was national chairman of the Proud Boys. Founded in New York City in 2016, members of the far-right group have described themselves as an all-male drinking club.

They regarded themselves as Mr Trump's foot soldiers and have often been involved in street clashes with far-left anti-fascist activists.

Tarrio's lawyer argued in court on Tuesday that his client was a "keyboard ninja" and "misguided patriot" who tended to "talk trash", but had no intention of overthrowing the government.

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However, US District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump nominee, noted that Tarrio had on many previous occasions expressed no remorse for his actions.

"Seditious conspiracy is a serious offence," said Judge Kelly. "Mr Tarrio was the ultimate leader of that conspiracy."

Tarrio was also found guilty in May of obstruction and conspiracy charges, civil disorder and destruction of government property.

Prosecutors had called his actions "a calculated act of terrorism", meriting a sentence of 33 years in prison. The defence wanted no more than 15 years.

Tarrio stood silently while the judge handed down the penalty. As he was led from court, Tarrio waved to his family in the public gallery and flashed a peace sign.

His lawyers said he plans to appeal.

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Tarrio and other Proud Boys had posted threatening messages online, warning of violence and unrest if Mr Trump left office.

He was stopped by police two days before the US Capitol riot as he entered Washington DC.

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Tarrio, who has described himself as Afro-Cuban, was arrested on a warrant charging him with burning a Black Lives Matter banner that had been taken from an African-American church in the city about three weeks earlier.

He was also found with a high-capacity ammunition magazine, which is illegal under the city's gun laws. He was released on bail and ordered to leave the nation's capital.

On the day of the riot, he was in Baltimore.

As Trump supporters laid siege to the congressional complex, Tarrio posted online that he was "enjoying the show".

"Do what must be done," he wrote, urging on the rioters.

Tuesday's was the last in a series of sentencing hearings for the ringleaders of the US Capitol riot.

Until now, the longest sentences were the 18-year terms handed down last week to another Proud Boy, Ethan Nordean, and in May to Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia.

Three other Proud Boys received prison sentences last week for their roles in the riot.

Former US Marines Dominic Pezzola and Zachary Rehl received 10 and 15 years, respectively.

Joe Biggs, a US Army veteran, got 17 years.

The charges against the rioters have varied - from relatively minor crimes like entering a restricted area, to destruction of government property, assault and conspiracy. Around 200 have pleaded guilty to felony charges.

The investigation is still ongoing - the FBI is still trying to locate 14 rioters captured on video assaulting police officers or members of the media.

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