City of Nuevo Laredo
Ciudad Laredo[1] |
Coat of arms | | | Motto: Siempre Con La Patria | | Settled | 1847 | | Government | | - Presidente Municipal | Daniel Peña | | Area | | - City | 1,334.02 km² (515.07 sq mi) | | Population (2006 census) | | - City | 348,387 | | - Metro | 589,309 | | | metro area includes Laredo, Texas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Rio Bravo, Texas, El Cenizo, Texas, Laredo Ranchettes, Texas. Larga Vista, Texas, Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, & La Presa, Texas | | Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | | - Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) | | Codigo Postal | 88000 | | Area code(s) | 876 | | Airport: Quetzalcoatl International Airport MMNL | | Website: Municipio de Nuevo Laredo | Nuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande, across from the United States city of Laredo, Texas. The 2005 census population of the city was 348,387, and that of the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat was 355,827. Nuevo laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with a total population of 589,309. The municipality has an area of 1,334.02 km² (515.07 sq mi). Both the city and the municipality rank as the third largest in the state, after Reynosa and Matamoros. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - Interim City Manager Cynthia Collazo Area - City 218. ...
Rio Bravo is a city located in Webb County, Texas, United States. ...
El Cenizo is a city located in Webb County, Texas, United States. ...
Laredo Ranchettes is a census-designated place located in Webb County, Texas, United States. ...
Larga Vista is a census-designated place located in Webb County, Texas, United States. ...
Ranchos Penitas West is a census-designated place located in Webb County, Texas, United States. ...
La Presa is a census-designated place located in Webb County, Texas, United States. ...
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Quetzalcoatl International Airport (IATA airport code: NLD) Is an international airport located at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico near the border with Brownsville, Texas. ...
Quetzalcóatl International Airport (IATA: NLD, ICAO: MMNL) is an international airport located in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
Motto: Siempre Con La Patria Location of the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas Settled 1847 Government - Presidente Municipal Daniel Peña Area - Municipality 1,334. ...
The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ...
Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ...
The Rio Grande flowing past Albuquerque Rio Grande by Big Bend National Park,Texas Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the RÃo Bravo (or, more formally, the RÃo Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado...
Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - Interim City Manager Cynthia Collazo Area - City 218. ...
The Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area (USLRD & ZMNL) is one of six bi-national metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. ...
Reynosa is a primarily industrial city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. ...
Matamoros is a city in the north of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. ...
The city is connected to Laredo, Texas, across the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) river by three international bridges and a rail bridge. The city is larger than its U.S. counterpart, but is younger, having been established after the state of Texas broke away from Mexico. It is the largest inland port in Mexico, just as its counterpart across the border is the busiest inland port in the United States. Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - Interim City Manager Cynthia Collazo Area - City 218. ...
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Crossing the border from north to south costs USD $3.00 per non-commercial vehicle and, from south to north, USD$2.25, or 25 Mexican Pesos per non-commercial vehicle. El Mercado is a large open air market a few blocks away from the Juarez / Lincoln International Bridge that sells traditional Mexican handcrafts. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
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History
 Map of Laredo in 1892 Nuevo Laredo is shown at the bottom of the map Laredo, Texas was founded in 1755 by the Spaniard Tomás Sánchez in the northern part of the Rio Grande. According to the agreements between Mr. José de Escandón and the King of Spain, this population remained unified for 100 years, until the war of 1847, when the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty divided it into two cities. Only 17 families, who identified themselves with Mexico, its history and cultural customs decided to keep their Mexican citizenship, so they moved to the southern part of the Rio Grande, founding Nuevo Laredo. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 516 pixelsFull resolution (10254 × 6618 pixel, file size: 13. ...
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Nuevo Laredo is now the most important border of Latin America, its geographical position has enabled this city to grow and specialize in the international trade business. Nuevo Laredo has a very developed logistics and transportation industry, complemented with a variety of hotel chains, restaurants and a marvelous Cultural Center where important cultural events take place; e.g. the Tamaulipas International Festival.
Urban growth Nuevo Laredo is expanding rapidly since the late 1980s. Urban growth tends to go the the west side of the city, a large heavily populated area with poverty conditions locally called el Poniente (the West). Districts that stand out as trying to improve their living conditions are Nueva Era, 20 de Noviembre, La Fe, El Carrizo, and Union del Recuerdo. Districts with extreme poverty, no streets, no lighting and scarce water supplies are Blanca Navidad and Bruno Alvarez.
Central districts enjoy far better living conditions. Commercial areas and restaurants are usually located around or within these districts. Up-scale districts are Madero, Jardin, Alamos, Campestre. Nevertheless, it is worth pointing out that these districts have typically been regarded as drug-lord havens and experienced the first and worst violence wave in Nuevo Laredo. As of today, it is estimated that 35% of Colonia Madero is now vacant.
Trade Nuevo Laredo is located on the primary trade route connecting Canada, the United States and Mexico. Both Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, TX are now the gateway to Mexico’s burgeoning industrial complex, offering diverse markets, business opportunities and profit potential, which both business and industry cannot not find anywhere else. Nuevo Laredo is the only Mexico / U.S. border city strategically positioned at the convergence of all land transportation systems. The main highway and railroad leading from Central Mexico through Mexico City, San Luis Potosí, Saltillo and Monterrey, the industrial heart of Mexico, meet at Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, TX, joining two major U.S. rail lines, main highways like Interstate 35 and other roads which extend to the most important metropolitan areas and seaports of Texas, as well as northern states and Canada. For more than a decade, Mexico’s economic policies have increased Mexico / U.S. trade and cross-border production combined to launch Laredo’s growth as never before. Nickname: Motto: El Trabajo templa el EspÃritu Location of Monterrey in northern Mexico Coordinates: , Country Mexico State Nuevo León Founded 20 September 1596 Government - Mayor Adalberto Madero ( PAN) Area - City 572 km² (220. ...
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70% of all Mexican exports to the United States are exported through Nuevo Laredo. Nuevo Laredo is considered to be the largest inland port in Latin America. There are four bridges in the Nuevo Laredo area: The Old and New (Juarez-Lincoln; no pedestrians) bridges; the Free Trade (Libre Comercio) Bridge (inaugurated in 1999) with Laredo, Texas (cargo only); and the Colombia-Solidaridad bridge, located about 20 miles NW from the city; there are no urban areas on either side of this bridge.
Travel into Mexico American citizens require identification to visit Nuevo Laredo. All visitors should check in advance the requirements for re-entry to the USA. Many people from the USA use Nuevo Laredo as their point of entrance into Mexico. For further travel beyond Nuevo Laredo and into Mexico, a passport and tourist permit is required; for Mexican citizens, authorities require only an original voter's card or birth certificate. The cost of a tourist permit is about 17 dollars/six months. This permit is usually requested (going in or out) at the checkpoint located 15 miles from Nuevo Laredo, into Mexico.
To drive a car into Mexico, a car permit is required (from the Mexican tributary authorities). The car title and official identification are required. The person whose name is in the title must be present to apply for the permit. Like the tourist permit, this car permit is requested (going in or out) at the checkpoint located 15 miles from Nuevo Laredo to the south into Mexico. When leaving Mexico, tourist and car permits are requested and should be turned back in to the Mexican authorities that issue them, at any departure port (not necessarily the same as the entrance point).
Permit offices (for both car and tourist) in Nuevo Laredo are located under the "new" (Juarez-Lincoln) bridge. Follow the blue (small) signs and drive slowly. Tourist permits (only) can be obtained also at the immigration office on the old bridge.
A frequent way to travel into Mexico from Nuevo Laredo is by bus. The Bus Station is located southeast from downtown. A typical itinerary would be: walking across the "old bridge" into Nuevo Laredo; after obtaining a tourist permit at the old bridge immigration station, there are taxis right were the bridge ends, into the city. The ride to the bus station from the old bridge is about $5 US. There are departures to Monterrey every 15 minutes during the day on the three major bus lines: Senda, Omnibus de México, ETN (Enlaces Terrestres Nacionales), and Estrella Blanca. These are very modern, comfortable, air conditioned buses. Nickname: Motto: El Trabajo templa el EspÃritu Location of Monterrey in northern Mexico Coordinates: , Country Mexico State Nuevo León Founded 20 September 1596 Government - Mayor Adalberto Madero ( PAN) Area - City 572 km² (220. ...
Higher Education There are six universities in Nuevo Laredo. The Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas offers International Trade, Computer Systems, Business Administration, Law, and Accounting programs it currently has 3,500 students enrolled. The Instituto Tecnologico de Nuevo Laredo offers Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration, and Accounting programs. It Currently has 2,418 students enrolled. The Universidad Valle del Bravo in Nuevo Laredo offers Law, Psychology, Graphic Design, International Trade, International Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, Industrial Administration, Computer Systems, and Dentistry. It currently has 800 students enrolled. The Universidad Tecnologica de Nuevo Laredo offers Harmonized Tariff Specialist / Customs Clearance Specialist, Transportation Logistics Administration, Electronics & Automated, Industrial Maintenance, and Distribution programs. It currently has 498 students enrolled.
Nuevo Laredo counts with two teachers' schools like The Normal Basica Cuauhtemoc, which is forming Elementary and Kindergarten teachers, and The Normal Superior De Tamaulipas, which opened its doors on August 2005, and its forming Physical Education and Middle School teachers, this school offers specialities like Spanish Language, Mathematics, and English Specialized Teachers.
Night Life There is a fairly large array of night-time entertainment venues. These clubs, bars, and restaurants are located in downtown Nuevo Laredo in its historical district. In addition to a large array of standard night-time entertainment venues, Nuevo Laredo has a red-light district, where legalized prostitution persists. Nuevo Laredo is a city in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
Drug-related violence As a border town, Nuevo Laredo is known for its turf war in which two drug cartels, the Sinaloa and Gulf Cartel, compete for control of the "I-35 route," a roadway running north through Texas thought to be the main entry point for drugs into the United States. It is also the main entry point for guns and weapons into Mexico. A border town is a town close to the boundary between two countries, states or regions. ...
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Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events...
The Gulf Cartel (Cártel del Golfo) is a notorious drug running organization based in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
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The violence escalated in August 2003, when rival drug cartels battled at the important intersection of Paseo Colon and Reforma. Police officers who aided one of the cartels were also attacked simultaneously at different districts. A deployment of the Mexican army from the 1er Batallon Motorizado intervened at the battle. Grenades and bazookas were used during those attacks. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. ...
Cartels began using former members of Mexico's special forces, known as Zetas, to carry out their operations. The homicide rate in the city has jumped from 80 in 2004 to over 200 for 2006. Nuevo Laredo now has the highest per capita murder rate in North America. Among those killed were twenty-one former or current police officers. On the 16th of June 2005 the city's police chief, Alejandro Domínguez, was gunned down just seven hours after his inauguration. He was replaced by Omar Pimentel.[1] Under new leadership, the police with help from military forces was able to bring order and security to Nuevo Laredo. A cartel is a group of formally independent producers whose goal is to increase their collective profits by means of price fixing, limiting supply, or other restrictive practices. ...
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Alejandro DomÃnguez Coello (died June 08, 2005) was the chief of police in Nuevo Laredo, a city on the Mexican side of the United States–Mexico border. ...
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The police have noted that the gangs are often better equipped than they are. While police are armed with AR-15 rifles, the cartels have used rocket propelled grenades, bazookas, and AK-47s. The AR-15 is a lightweight, air-cooled, magazine-fed, autoloading, centerfire rifle. ...
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On 20 February 2007, Horacio Garza Garza, a federal congressman for the PRI, was seriously wounded by gunmen, and his driver was killed.[2]. Violence apparently has reduced in the last months. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Horacio Garza Garza is a Mexican politician from Tamaulipas affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who has served as municipal president of Nuevo Laredo and as federal deputy. ...
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XEFE is the television call sign for the Televisa television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
Televisa is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world[1], followed by TV Azteca, and a major player in the international entertainment business. ...
XHBR is the television call sign for the Televisa television station channel 11 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
Televisa is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world[1], followed by TV Azteca, and a major player in the international entertainment business. ...
XEW-TV (Channel 2) is a television station in Mexico City featuring programs such as En familia con Chabelo (In family with Chabelo), Hoy (Today), La risa en Vacaciones, (The laughter in vacations), and CV Directo (CV Direct). ...
XHLNA is the television call sign for the TV Azteca 13 television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
TV Azteca is the second largest Mexican television network. ...
XHDF (Channel 13) is the flagship TV station of TV Azteca. ...
XHLAT is the television call sign for the TV Azteca 7 television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
TV Azteca is the second largest Mexican television network. ...
XHIMT (Channel 7 analog and Channel 24 digital) is the flagship TV station of TV Azteca. ...
XHNAT channel 45 broadcasts from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas on channel 45. ...
Multimedios Television is a system of two Spanish language television stations in Monterrey,Mexico. ...
XHLAR is the television call sign for the Televisa television station in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. ...
Televisa is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world[1], followed by TV Azteca, and a major player in the international entertainment business. ...
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See Also Online Laredo Newspapers & Media This is a list of radio stations in Texas. ...
Nickname: Settled 1755 Government - Type Mayor / City Manager - Mayor Raul G. Salinas - Interim City Manager Cynthia Collazo Area - City 218. ...
References - Tamaulipas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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