José Núñez-Melo [SEP] occupation
José Núñez-Melo
José Núñez-Melo (born November 13, 1956) is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Laval as a member of the New Democratic Party.
Background.
Originally from the Dominican Republic, graduated from Colegio San Luis Gonzaga in Santo Domingo in 1974. He later managed a hotel in Puerto Plata before emigrating to Canada in 1990.
Prior to winning a seat in the 2011 election
The following day, the agent met with Torres, Melo, Núñez Venegas, Martínez Montes, Trejo Venegas, and another associate José Cruz Venegas Esquivel, to discuss the logistics of de la Cruz Reyna's release. Torres and Melo told the agent they would transport de la Cruz Reyna in one vehicle, and that Núñez Venegas and Venegas Esquivel would escort them in another.
On 14 March, a group of ICE agents arrested six of the conspirators at gunpoint inside a restaurant in Brownsville. Witnesses stated that the officers arrived