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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northeast Mexico across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. Founded in 1755, it was part of Laredo until the end of the Mexican War in 1848.

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Examples

  • The slain writer, Ms. Macias, was a regular contributor and moderated a forum on a site called "Nuevo Laredo en Vivo."

    Cartels in Mexico Hit New Victims: Web-Based Critics Laurence Iliff 2011

  • This is the first big attack on the consulate in Nuevo Laredo, which is one of Mexico's largest U.S. consulates with around 80 employees, Mr. Quigley said.

    U.S. Mexican Consulate Attacked Nicholas Casey 2010

  • Two weeks ago, Jos é Luis Carrizales, who like Mr. Valdez was an alleged enforcer for the Sinaloa cartel, was killed just hours after being transferred to the penitentiary in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, which is largely controlled by a rival drug gang known as the Zetas.

    Mexico Drug Suspect Seeks U.S. Justice 2010

  • This is the first big attack on the consulate in Nuevo Laredo, which is one of Mexico's largest U.S. consulates with around 80 employees, Mr. Quigley said.

    U.S. Mexican Consulate Attacked Nicholas Casey 2010

  • This is the first big attack on the consulate in Nuevo Laredo, which is one of Mexico's largest U.S. consulates with around 80 employees, Mr. Quigley said.

    U.S. Mexican Consulate Attacked Nicholas Casey 2010

  • A statement Wednesday gives no other details of the rescue in Nuevo Laredo, which is across the border from Laredo, Texas.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Sinaloa cartel, was killed just hours after being transferred to the penitentiary in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, which is largely controlled by a rival drug gang known as the

    International Extradition Blog 2010

  • Sinaloa cartel, was killed just hours after being transferred to the penitentiary in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, which is largely controlled by a rival drug gang known as the

    International Extradition Blog 2010

  • Drug cartel gunmen killed three men near Nuevo Laredo which is a town close to the U.S. border.

    CNN Transcript May 11, 2007 2007

  • And as Mexico fails to control drug violence in Mexican border towns such as Nuevo Laredo, Mexico's attorney general is attacking the U.S. efforts to fight illegal drugs.

    CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2006 2006

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