{"id":17732,"date":"2020-10-23T19:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T23:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17732"},"modified":"2020-10-23T19:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T23:56:26","slug":"us-man-jailed-for-supplying-guns-used-in-2015-san-bernardino-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/10\/23\/us-man-jailed-for-supplying-guns-used-in-2015-san-bernardino-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"US man jailed for supplying guns used in 2015 San Bernardino shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">A US man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for buying guns for a married couple who carried out a mass shooting in California in 2015.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Enrique Marquez Jr, 28, was found guilty of supplying the weapons to Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The pair fired on a group of people in San Bernardino whom Farook worked with, as they gathered for a Christmas party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>After killing 14 people and wounding 22 others, Farook and Malik died during a shootout with authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Marquez, who had been radicalised to Islam by Farook, bought the weapons in 2011 and 2012 and said on a purchase application form that they were for his own use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-35000086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Bernardino shooting: Who were the victims?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-35004024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Bernadino shooting: Who were the attackers?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Prosecutors argued that Marquez had a high IQ and the mental capacity to understand what the guns would be used for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-r83t2i-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"css-1759m9z-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"css-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/BCA4\/production\/_87029284_87029283.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/BCA4\/production\/_87029284_87029283.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/BCA4\/production\/_87029284_87029283.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/BCA4\/production\/_87029284_87029283.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/BCA4\/production\/_87029284_87029283.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/BCA4\/production\/_87029284_87029283.jpg 800w\" alt=\"An undated handout picture made available by the San Bernardino County Sheriff on 03 December 2015 shows weapons carried by suspects involved in a mass shooting, at the scene of a shooting with an officer, in San Bernardino, California, USA\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\">Officers recovered several semi-automatic weapons from the scene of the shooting (Image: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They said several years before the San Bernardino shooting, Marquez and Farook, 28, plotted to attack a local community college and traffic on a highway. But Marquez abandoned the idea in 2012 and distanced himself from Farook after three men in California were arrested for planning to travel to Afghanistan to kill US troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Marquez&#8217;s defence lawyer argued that Farook had manipulated him since him was aged 13, when they met as neighbours. He added that Marquez had no knowledge of what the weapons would be used for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-r83t2i-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"css-1759m9z-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"css-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/DBE6\/production\/_87049265_couple.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/DBE6\/production\/_87049265_couple.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/DBE6\/production\/_87049265_couple.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/DBE6\/production\/_87049265_couple.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/DBE6\/production\/_87049265_couple.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/DBE6\/production\/_87049265_couple.jpg 800w\" alt=\"Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\">Attackers Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook died during a shootout with authorities (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marquez pleaded guilty in 2017 to providing material support to terrorists and making false statements regarding the rifles, which he bought with money from Farook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>But his sentencing has been delayed after he unsuccessfully tried to withdraw his plea to one of the counts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>As a result of investigations into the shooting, three people have pleaded guilty to being part of a sham marriage scheme, in which a Russian woman pretended to marry Marquez to obtain immigration benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Syed Raheel Farook, the brother of Syed Rizwan Farook, Tatiana Farook, Syed Raheel Farook&#8217;s wife, and Mariya Chernykh, Tatiana Farook&#8217;s sister, are scheduled to be sentenced next year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-54669918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A US man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for buying guns for a married couple who carried out a mass shooting in California in 2015. 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