Government
Nuevo Laredo is governed by an elected Cabildo, which is composed of the Presidente Municipal (Municipal President or Mayor), two SÃndicos, and twenty Regidores. The PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) is in control of the city government. The Mayor is in charge of the municipal administration. The SÃndicos supervise the municipal budget and expenditures, and the Regidores are elected by the party.
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