From the geography northern Mexico, it makes a lot of sense. Places like San Antonio and Laredo are further south than Mexican cities such as Hermosillo and Chihuahua.

Our California biz exports to Mexico and we still ship everything to freight forwarders in TX first. It is more efficient to ship on rail to Laredo, then truck it into Mexico City or wherever than to truck it from California directly.

Laredo is like half as close to CDMX as San Diego is.