Washington, D.C., September 21, 2022
Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma’s travel to Laredo, Texas.
From September 22 to 23rd 2022, Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma will visit Laredo, Texas.
In addition to meeting with members of the migrant community, business leaders and local authorities, he will participate as the keynote speaker “Pathways for Trade Symposium”, a platform focused on manufacturing, trade and logistics in North America.
In his remarks, he will address how the United States and Mexico can work together as an integrated region to reap the benefits of the trends that are driving global shifts today.
Moreover, he will visit logistics Mexican-American firms to learn more about customs work at the border, and he will visit the “Colombia Solidarity” bridge and meet with its custom administrator, Colonel Juan Manuel Fuentes.
During his visit, Ambassador Moctezuma will be joined by General Consul of Mexico in Laredo, Juan Carlos Mendoza, and will meet with Webb County Judge, Tano Tijerina, and Mayor of Laredo, Pete Saenz, to talk about improving border infrastructure, increasing bilateral trade flows, and actions to empower and protect the rights of the Mexican community in the region.
He will travel to the Rio Grande area with the Laredo Sector Border Patrol to learn more about the geography, crossing points and humanitarian rescue efforts undertaken there. Additionally, he will tour the new facilities of the Softsided Processing Center.
He will also visit shelter Casa de Misericordia, a center that provides counseling services and legal assistance, to learn the needs and worries of the people staying there, including survivors of domestic abuse.
Finally, he will talk with Albert Flores, Laredo Port Director, and Colonel Raymundo Bautista, Nuevo Laredo director of customs, to learn more about the modernization of the Laredo World Trade Bridge.
Ambassador Moctezuma is committed to broaden and strengthen the ties that unite the Mexican communities on both sides of the border, as well as to reinforce the ongoing efforts to allow Laredo and Nuevo Laredo to remain as two of the cities with the largest binational trade.
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