DENVER -- An Aurora, Colo. man accused of trying to join a terrorist group overseas went before a judge in Denver federal court Thursday to be advised of the charges.
Jamshid Muhtorov, 35, is charged with one count of providing material support of a designated foreign terrorist organization.
He was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in January while en-route to Istanbul, Turley, federal prosecutors said.
During Thursday’s advisement, Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya asked Muhtorov if he wanted a court-appointed attorney, but he refused to answer. Instead, he asked to speak with his wife.
The judge said he could not speak with his wife until he had legal counsel.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Muhtorov, who also goes by the names Abumumin Turkistony and Abu Mumin, had ongoing communications with leaders of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an extremist group that splintered from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the early 2000s.
The IJU, according to the Department of Justice, has been linked to numerous attacks in Uzbekistan and against coalition forces in Afghanistan dating back to 2004.
Jamshid Muhtorov, 35, is charged with one count of providing material support of a designated foreign terrorist organization.
During Thursday’s advisement, Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya asked Muhtorov if he wanted a court-appointed attorney, but he refused to answer. Instead, he asked to speak with his wife.
The judge said he could not speak with his wife until he had legal counsel.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Muhtorov, who also goes by the names Abumumin Turkistony and Abu Mumin, had ongoing communications with leaders of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an extremist group that splintered from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the early 2000s.
The IJU, according to the Department of Justice, has been linked to numerous attacks in Uzbekistan and against coalition forces in Afghanistan dating back to 2004.
