Original: Laredo ( pronounced , ; ) is the county seat of Webb County , Texas , United States , located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas , across from Nuevo Laredo , Tamaulipas , Mexico .
Simplified: Laredo was founded by Don Tomas Sanchez under the name of Villa de San Agustin de Laredo in 1755 in a colony called Nuevo Santander in New Spain .