Doing a Mapquest Driving Directions Search for the following addresses: McVeigh 11240 NW 27th Ct, Plantation, FL and the Taco Bell Padilla is reported to have worked at 2250 S. University, Fort Lauderdale, FL the results state these two locations are 6.92 miles apart.
Distance between McVeigh's known address and Padilla's work address was 6.92 miles.
Mean anything? Maybe, maybe not.
Mean anything? Maybe, maybe not.
Of more importance is the Ft. Lauderdale Gun Show. I doubt McVeigh met at Taco Bell. Most likely, if they met, it would have happened at the Ft. Lauderdale Gun Show where lots of folks meet and talk.