Mayor Julian Castro urged Mexican business owners in San Antonio to continue to build business "bridges" between the city and Mexico as San Antonio strives to become the third large U.S. gateway to Latin America, after Los Angeles and Miami.
"Our economic destinies are linked," Castro told 178 people attending a breakfast meeting of the Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos -- a group of Mexican businesspeople living here -- at the Club at Sonterra. "What benefits Mexico benefits San Antonio. ... Everyone can feel welcomed, especially Mexican entrepreneurs."
Connections already are growing stronger, Castro said, citing a 132 percent increase in Mexican passengers into and out of San Antonio International Airport in 2012 over 2011. READ MORE
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