Jim Arroyo

Jim Arroyo
Nationality	American
Employer	U.S. Army
Organization(s)	Oath Keepers (vice president), Yavapai County Preparedness Team (founder)

Jim Arroyo is an American retired U.S. Army Ranger, Oath Keeper leader and founder of the Yavapai County Preparedness Team.

Career

Arroyo worked as a U.S. Army Ranger, as a gunsmith and as a survival instructor.[1] Arroyo was the vice president of the Arizona chapter of the far-right militia the Oath Keepers in 2021[2][3] and 2022.[4]

He is the founder of the Yavapai County Preparedness Team.[5] In 2022 he designed and led an effort to surveil ballot boxes in Arizona, in a program he named Operation: Drop Box.[1] He stopped the efforts after his organisation was named in a lawsuit by the League of Women Voters and accused of voter intimidation and breaking the Voting Rights Act.[6][7][8]

Views

In 2021, Arroyo appeared on CBS Television show 60 Minutes and was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi. On the show he spoke of the Oath Keeper's collaboration with U.S. police and was critical of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes.[9] Arroyo said that he does not accept the results of the 2020 United States presidential election, nor did he support the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[10]

Arroyo frequently appeared on the YouTube channel of Prescott eNews. Video titles include "The Coming Civil War? Part 2."[11]

References

1. "In Arizona, ballot drop box vigilante surveillance is shut down, but their wary worldview remains steadfast". The Globe and Mail. 2022-11-07. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
2. "Senior Oath Keeper Official Brags They Have 'Active-Duty' Law Enforcement Members". HuffPost. 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
3. Broadwater, Luke; Rosenberg, Matthew (2021-01-29). "Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
4. MacDonald-Evoy, Jerod (2022-10-14). "Fringe groups plan to watch AZ ballot drop boxes". Arizona Mirror. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
5. Teirstein, Zoya (2023-05-17). "Boots on the Ground". Grist. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
6. Services, Howard Fischer, Capitol Media (2022-10-27). "Lions of Liberty stopping its Operational Drop Box monitoring in Yavapai County | Arizona Capitol Times". Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
7. MacDonald-Evoy, Jerod (2022-10-26). "Two lawsuits filed to stop intimidation at ballot drop boxes". Arizona Mirror. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
8. "Judge orders armed group away from Arizona ballot drop boxes". AP NEWS. 2022-11-02. Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
9. ""60 Minutes" faces pushback for giving Oath Keepers a platform to push lies". Salon. 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
10. "Oath Keepers: How a militia group mobilized in plain sight for the assault on the Capitol". www.cbsnews.com. 2021-04-18. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
11. Crenshaw, Zach (2021-02-19). "Oath Keepers look to recruit in Arizona with alarmist 'Civil War' rhetoric". ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV). Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2023-05-27.