MIAMI (WSVN) – A Miami man was sentenced to 12 months in jail for his involvement within the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, which disrupted a joint session of Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election outcomes.
Gabriel Augustin Garcia, 43, was sentenced by a U.S. District Choose on Friday to 12 months in jail, adopted by 24 months of supervised launch and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Garcia, a member of the Vice Metropolis Chapter of the Proud Boys, was beforehand convicted on two felony expenses, together with obstruction of regulation enforcement throughout a civil dysfunction.
Prosecutors mentioned Garcia joined the Proud Boys’ nationwide rally planning group, the “Ministry of Self Protection”, and exchanged messages with different members discussing potential violence on Jan. 6.
On that day, Garcia adopted directions shared in Proud Boys’ group messages, touring to the Capitol, the place he live-streamed his actions and made inflammatory remarks towards regulation enforcement, in keeping with the USA Division of Justice.
Garcia entered the Capitol constructing shortly after the preliminary breach, becoming a member of rioters in pushing by way of police traces and advancing into restricted areas, together with the Rotunda.
At one level, investigators mentioned he taunted officers, yelling, “You ain’t stopping 1,000,000” and “How does it really feel being a traitor to the nation?”
Garcia reportedly spent roughly an hour contained in the Capitol earlier than being eliminated.
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