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Friend of shooter talked of sleeper cells before California rampage
RIVERSIDE, Calif. ‐ The regulars did not take it seriously when Enrique Marquez mused about terrorism at Morgan's Tavern, a dank dive bar."He would say stuff like: 'There's so much going on. There's so many sleeper cells, so many people just waiting. When it happens, it's going to be big. Watch,'" said Nick Rodriguez, a frequent patron who had known Marquez on and off for the past two years. While Marquez initially checked himself into a mental-health facility after the Dec. 2 massacre in San Bernardino, he has been speaking for hours with federal investigators after waiving his right to remain silent and not incriminate himself, officials say.
As investigators burrow into Marquez's life, they now suspect that Farook and Malik were in the final planning stages of an assault on a location or building, perhaps a nearby school or college, that held many more people than the Inland Regional Center. as many on the 'Burg have already speculated. Last year, Marquez married the Russian sister of Raheel Farook's wife. He later told a friend and people at Morgan's Tavern that it was a sham marriage for immigration purposes. Bar patrons said he told them he had been paid $5,000 or $10,000 to marry Gigliotti's sister, Mariya Chernykh. Marquez occasionally talked about Islam. Sometimes he came directly from mosque to the bar, Rodriguez said, adding that this did not deter him from drinking, even though Islam forbids alcohol. Idiocracy 2.0 Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-12 |
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