Nuevo Laredo is a city in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It was founded in 1755 on the southern side of the Rio Grande, across the river from the now-American city of Laredo, Texas. The two towns were once part of the same municipality, but the Mexican-American War led to the division of Laredo along the Rio Grande river, with seventeen Mexican families choosing to resettle south of the river on 15 June 1848, bringing with them the bones of their ancestors. The Mexican half of Laredo became known as Nuevo Laredo, and it became Tamaulipas' most important border town. During the Mexican Drug War, Nuevo Laredo became known for its turf wars between the Sinaloa Cartel, Los Zetas, and the Gulf Cartel from 2003 onwards, and 2012 saw an unprecedented series of murder attacks between Sinaloa and the Gulf Cartel on one side and Los Zetas on the other. In 2010, Nuevo Laredo had a population of 373,725 people.
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