Nuevo Laredo

Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its population is estimated at 581,000. It is also the Municipal seat of the Municipio of Nuevo Laredo. In Mexico a municipality is a subdivision of a state such as a county in the United States. It stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, 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. Crossing the border from north to south costs USD $3.00 and, from south to north, USD$2.15, or $23 Mexican Pesos. El Mercado is a large open air market a few blocks away from the Juarez / Lincoln International Bridge that sells traditional Mexican handcrafts.