Man charged with supplying guns to San Bernardino attackers signed rights waivers multiple times
The California man charged on Thursday with supplying the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino attacks spent 11 days being questioned in federal custody.
Enrique Marquez signed of waiver of his right to remain silent and his right to a lawyer each day of questioning, the New York Times reports.
A 24-year-old neighbor of the attackers, Marquez was charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorism, making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of firearms, and immigration fraud, CNN reports. The charges are based mostly on information supplied by Marquez.
A judge appointed a federal public defender to represent Marquez at a hearing on Thursday, the Press Enterprise reports.
The immigration charge stems from allegations Marquez entered into a fake marriage with a Russian immigrant who was a relative of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the Dec. 2 attack on employees of the San Bernardino County health department.
On the day of the shooting, Marquez called 911 and said his neighbor “did the San Bernardino shooting” with his gun. Marquez had known Farook since his family moved to Riverside when he was about 13.
Marquez said he bought the guns for Farook in 2011 and 2012 because Marquez’s Caucasian appearance would attract less suspicion. At that time, Marquez and Farook planned a shooting at a community college and on a freeway, but Marquez got cold feet, authorities say.
