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Goncalo empty their pockets and placed them in a holding
cell. The Border Patrol station had limited space. Reese
continued to question petitioner and Goncalo together and
individually. When not being questioned, petitioner and
Goncalo sat in the holding cell.
During questioning at the Border Patrol station, Reese
asked petitioner if he had filed tax returns in the past.
Reese noted these tax questions in his routine report of the
incident. Asking questions about tax returns is not
standard practice for Border Patrol agents.
After questioning petitioner and Goncalo on his own at
the Border Patrol station, Reese telephoned DEA Special
Agent Robert D. Parks (Parks) at his home and asked him to
come to the station to talk with petitioner. After Parks
arrived and asked petitioner questions, Parks telephoned
Customs Service agents and asked them to talk to petitioner.
Two or three Customs Service agents came to the station and
asked petitioner questions.
After petitioner was questioned by a total of four or
five officers, he was told he was free to leave. The
officers did not return petitioner's wallet or any of the
seized currency before petitioner left the station.
Reese did not inform petitioner that petitioner could
refuse to answer his questions, refuse to accompany him to
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