The Department of Justice and FBI on Monday afternoon reversed their decision to release a censored transcript of the 911 call Mateen made from Pulse nightclub, and instead released the full transcript.
"He hated Puerto Rican gays because of the bad things they did to him," Miguel reportedly said. One of the men, Mateen had told him, had HIV. In an accompanying article, Miguel reportedly told Salinas that Mateen didn't like Puerto Ricans because of an unprotected threesome he had with men he met at Pulse. The man, whose voice was disguised and appeared in a video interview with what appeared to be a mask and makeup, also said Mateen was attracted to Latinos but disliked Puerto Ricans. "I've spent about four days of hell because my phone won't stop ringing," he said about his contact with investigators. Univision noted they have not been able to independently verify "Miguel's" story, but that the FBI did confirm officials have been questioning the man. "One time we were in bed together and I took my phone to take a selfie and he grabbed my arm and told me not to do it because we weren't a couple." "We never took a picture together, but it wasn't because I didn't want to," he told Univision's Maria Elena Salinas. In an interview with Noticias Univision, the man told the Spanish-language newscast he had been questioned by the FBI, and gave agents information about when and where he met Mateen. The FBI interviewed Mateen in 2013 over "inflammatory comments" he made to co-workers and again in 2014 over his ties to an American suicide bomber.Ī man identified only as "Miguel" claimed in an interview Tuesday he was Omar Mateen's lover for two months, and that the gunman in the deadly Orlando shooting "had rage" against Puerto Ricans.Mateen's wife, Noor, reportedly told the FBI she tried to talk him out of an attack.The FBI is investigating reports that he was a regular at Pulse, and a number of men have come forward to say they recognized Mateen from previous nights at there or from gay dating apps. Mateen's father has implied his son rejected same-sex couples.ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the FBI said there was no evidence Mateen was directed by a foreign group.Transcripts of these calls were released on June 20 by the FBI.