4 members of the far-right group Proud Boys are sentenced for sedition after the assault on the US Capitol.

a jury in USA sentenced this Thursday four members of the ultra-right group Proud Boys for his participation in the assault on the capitol of that country, which occurred on January 6, 2021.

They were convicted of seditious conspiracy in planning the attack on the US Congress.

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The punishment for this crime includes penalties of up to 20 years in prison..

Among those convicted is the former leader of that far-right group Enrique Tarrio29 years old.

Four other members of the Proud Boys were seated on the benchof which three others were found guilty: Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, and Zachary Rehl.

The jury failed to agree on a verdict in relation to the fifth defendant, Dominic Pezzola.

On January 6, 2021, supporters of then-President Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to thwart the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory in the November 2020 presidential election.

These events caused a stir, opening the door to “The most extensive investigation in the history of the Department of Justice” of the US, during which more than 1,000 people have been charged and hundreds have been arrested.

The events of January 6, 2021 led to one of the largest judicial investigations in US history (Reuters).

Source: Elcomercio