Dillon Irizarry

Dillon Irizarry (also known as Dillon Hopper) is an American far-right activist known for founding and leading the alt-right and white supremacist group Vanguard America and being one of the principle coordinators of the Unite the Right rally.

Biography Early life Irizarry was born in 1988 in New Mexico and is of Hispanic ancestry. He graduated from high-school in Roswell, New Mexico in 2005 and then immediately enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

Irizarry served in the War in Afghanistan as an information security technician. He was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008, and Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010.

Irizarry claims to have been a neo-fascist since 2012, the same year he started work as a recruiter for the marines. Irizarry also claimed that he was not the founder of Vanguard America, and that he took over leadership. The rally started as a plan between Irizarry and Matthew Heimbach of the Traditionalist Worker Party to bring together all the far-right groups in the country. Irizarry has insisted that Fields had no affiliation to Vanguard America, and his presence alongside Vanguard America was due to poor leadership and uncooordination on the part of Rousseau. Despite this, Irizarry also said he is opposed to multiculturalism, and claims the United States is a country for white people.