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==Background==

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Maldonado was born in Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the state of [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]],<ref name=searchancestry>{{cite web|url=​

Maldonado was born in Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the state of [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]],<ref name=searchancestry>{{cite web|url=​http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Juan%20Leandro%20&gsln=Maldonado%20&mswpn__ftp=Nueva%20Ciudad%20Guerrero.%20Mexico&MSAV=1&msbdy=1948&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=000|title=Juan Leandro Maldonado|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 16, 2023}}</ref> a small city opposite the [[Rio Grande]] from Falcon Heights, Texas. He moved to Laredo on January 3, 1950, at the age of thirteen months.<ref>{{cite web|url=​http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Juan%20Leandro%20&gsln=Maldonado%20Santana&mswpn__ftp=Nueva%20Ciudad%20Guerrero.%20Mexico&MSAV=1&msbdy=1948&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=000|title=Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964 (behind paid wall)|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref>​

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Juan%20Leandro%20&gsln=Maldonado%20&mswpn__ftp=Nueva%20Ciudad%20Guerrero.%20Mexico&MSAV=1&msbdy=1948&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=000|title=Juan Leandro Maldonado |publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 16, 2023}}</ref> a small city opposite the [[Rio Grande]] from Falcon Heights, Texas. He moved to Laredo on January 3, 1950, at the age of thirteen months.<ref>{{cite web|url=​http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Juan%20Leandro%20&gsln=Maldonado%20Santana&mswpn__ftp=Nueva%20Ciudad%20Guerrero.%20Mexico&MSAV=1&msbdy=1948&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=000|title=Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964 (behind paid wall)|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref>​

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Maldonado considered himself a native of Laredo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8274/Speakers/7a37ecdc-24d7-4a0c-b028-9b5c599cbfde|title=Juan Maldonado, LCC College president|publisher=Rotary Club of Laredo Daybreak|date=April 25, 2014|accessdate=October 4, 2015}}</ref> because he was reared there in the historic Barrio Azteca Historic District.<ref name=martinhigh/> In 2009, Maldonado in an interview described how Laredo in its pioneer days developed out of necessity an independent spirit because of its remote location. Though the community was compelled to become self-sufficient, he noted how people from the early years of settlement became dependent on one another. This situation, he added, fostered an impressive community spirit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.mysanantonio.com/cards/2009/03/the-laredo-lowdown/|title=The Laredo Lowdown: San Agustin Plaza Is the Oldest Public Square in Texas|publisher=blog.mysanantonio.com|date=March 1, 2009|author=Michelle Newman|accessdate=October 21, 2015}}</ref>

Maldonado considered himself a native of Laredo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8274/Speakers/7a37ecdc-24d7-4a0c-b028-9b5c599cbfde|title=Juan Maldonado, LCC College president|publisher=Rotary Club of Laredo Daybreak|date=April 25, 2014|accessdate=October 4, 2015}}</ref> because he was reared there in the historic Barrio Azteca Historic District.<ref name=martinhigh/> In 2009, Maldonado in an interview described how Laredo in its pioneer days developed out of necessity an independent spirit because of its remote location. Though the community was compelled to become self-sufficient, he noted how people from the early years of settlement became dependent on one another. This situation, he added, fostered an impressive community spirit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.mysanantonio.com/cards/2009/03/the-laredo-lowdown/|title=The Laredo Lowdown: San Agustin Plaza Is the Oldest Public Square in Texas|publisher=blog.mysanantonio.com|date=March 1, 2009|author=Michelle Newman|accessdate=October 21, 2015}}</ref>