Timeline: How the relationship between Farook and Marquez developed
Here is a timeline of the relationship between two key figures in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, as alleged in a federal criminal complaint:
2004: Enrique Marquez moves from El Monte to Riverside, next door to Syed Rizwan Farook.
2007: Under Farook’s influence, Marquez converts to Islam and is later introduced to radical ideology.
2011: Farook and Marquez begin plotting terrorist attacks on a community college and the 91 Freeway.
2012: Marquez begins to distance himself from Farook and the terrorism plot.
2014: Marquez marries a woman whose sister is married to Farook’s brother.
2015: After Farook carries out the massacre, Marquez admits that he bought two guns that were used in shooting.
Source: U.S. attorney’s office.
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