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Was to shoot law enforcement personnel. the arsenal for their planned plots was secured largely by marquez. he bought two ar-15 rifles from two separate stores. rifles that would later be used by farook and his wife to kill 14 in san bernardino. marquez also bought explosive powder to build the pipe bombs for his and farook's plotted attacks. it, too, was used in the san bernardino tack, although the ieds found at the scene failed to detonate. according to the affidavit, the two eventually abandoned their attack plans because of arrests of terrorism suspects in a nearby town in late 2012. marq...

And good day to you. we begin this hour with a new arrest in the san bernardino terror attack. enrique marquez, a friend of the gunman syed farook is accused of buying two of the rifles used in the mass shooting. marquez made his first court appearance on thursday. his attorney declined to comment as he left the courthouse. we get more on this story from cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. >> reporter: 24-year-old enrique marquez is under arrest and now in federal custody, facing charges of providing material support to terrorists and making false statements to purchase firearms. those cha...

You have new details on the latest arrest in connection with the san bernardino terror attack. >> reporter: we know farook's friend enrique marquez was arrested today. he was arraigned for multiple charges. authorities say not only did he buy the guns that were used in the san bernardino attacks, but that he plotted with farook back in 2011 and 2012 to throw pipe bombs at innocent people in school cafeterias as well as a busy highway. the complaint says that the attacks were designed to inflict maximum damage. 24-year-old enrique marquez is under arrest and now in federal custody, facing charg...

It's very possible. we would be remiss not to go in to this lake and do a -- conduct a thorough search for any evidentiary items that may come back. >> the mother of enrique marquez, the man who bought two of the guns that were subsequently used in the attack, told reporters yesterday her son is a good person. marquez has been cooperating with investigators. according to officials he went on a drinking binge following the massacre, and now he feels remorse. he says syed farook told him he was considering an attack in the los angeles area in 2012. marquez has not been charged with a crime. mean...

Used to carry out this assault was a neighbor to this pair and tied to syed farook's family by marriage. and weapons charges may be soon brought against him. marquez, shortly after converting to islam, might have been involved in a previous terror plot with sighyed farooy 2012. marquez, according to reports, claims he knew nothing about the san bernardino plot but his relationship with syed farook has become a focal point of this investigation. >> in our fight against islamic terrorism, we have to maintain and what he proposed is that the a proposition is not a serious proposition at all.