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Nuevo Laredo

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Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo León/Mexico Villa de San Augustin de Laredo Founded in 1755 by Don Tomás Sánchez who named the settlement here Laredo after the birthplace in Cantabria, Spain, of his sponsor.

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