Enrique Marquez Accused of Plotting Terrorist Attacks Against Riverside City College and 91 Freeway

At the Riverside Press-Enterprise, "SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING: Marquez charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism":

Enrique Marquez, the former neighbor and close friend of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, has been charged with conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to commit crimes of terrorism, including attacks on Riverside City College and the 91 freeway.

The U.S Attorney's Office filed the conspiracy charge against Marquez, 24, of Riverside, on Thursday, Dec. 17. His arrest Thursday morning was the first stemming from the investigation into Dec. 2 attack at the Inland Regional Center that left 14 people dead and 22 injured.

Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, who had both become radicalized several years ago before their marriage, were killed in a shootout with police.

Federal prosecutors said there was no evidence that Marquez participated in the Dec. 2 attack or had advance knowledge of it.
The charges against Marquez include conspiring with Farook to provide material support – including himself, a firearm and explosives – for crimes of terrorism.

"Marquez was also charged today with the unlawful purchase of two assault rifles used in the deadly shooting two weeks ago," the U.S Attorney's Office said in a statement.

"A three-count criminal complaint filed this afternoon additionally charges Marquez with defrauding immigration authorities by entering into a sham marriage with a member of Farook’s family."

Marquez, who was raised Catholic, was married to a Russian woman whose sister was married to Farook's brother, Syed Raheel Farook.

An affidavit by FBI Special Agent Joel T. Anderson filed with the criminal complaint said Marquez moved to Riverside in 2004 and met Farook, his neighbor on Tomlinson Avenue. "In late 2005, Farook introduced Marquez to Islam and began educating Marquez about religion."

Marquez converted to Islam in 2007, the affidavit says...

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