U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than $16,000 in marijuana at a Laredo Sector checkpoint, authorities said Monday.

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Eduardo Garza Robles, president of the COMCE Noreste Laredo Chapter and Uni-Trade Group, met in Washington, D.C. last week with Mexican Ambassador to the United States Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, U.S.