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José Meléndez-Pérez is one of three sons born to chauffeur, Nicolas Meléndez (1912–1998) and women's nightwear factory maker, Francisca Pérez (born 1924). He has six half-siblings (three half-brothers and three half-sisters) from his father's other relationships. His parents divorced in 1975 after 30
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Qahtani's forms were not properly filled out, he was moved to a secondary interview, conducted by Meléndez-Pérez. Qahtani did not have a return ticket or a hotel. He had $ 2,800 in cash and no credit cards. Questions to where he would stay and where he would go were evasive. Besides
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Meléndez-Pérez advised his superiors to have him sent back. According to Meléndez-Pérez's testimony, he sent
Qahtani back out of the United States, the man allegedly turned around to him and said "something to the effect of 'I'll be back.'"
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years of marriage. He married twice and has five children, Freddy, Maribel, Brenda, Jose Jr. and Nelson. One of Meléndez-Pérez sons, José Jr. is a
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being quite hostile, Qahtani also made contradictory statements regarding his plans.
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