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==Relocating to Laredo==

==Relocating to Laredo==

Tatangelo's mother died in 1963, and he decided to move his family from Mexico back to the United States. "I had always felt like a foreigner in Mexico. I liked the city, but I didn't think it was a place for my children to grow up in," Tatangelo told the ''Laredo Morning Times''. Tatangelo sought a border city to establish businesses on both sides of the [[Rio Grande]]. He considered [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]] in Cameron County and Eagle Pass in Maverick County but instead chose Laredo, located some 150 miles south of [[San Antonio]].<ref name=lmtgarza/>

Tatangelo's mother died in 1963, and he decided to move his family from Mexico back to the United States. "I had always felt like a foreigner in Mexico. I liked the city, but I didn't think it was a place for my children to grow up in," Tatangelo told the ''Laredo Morning Times''. Tatangelo sought a border city to establish businesses on both sides of the [[Rio Grande]], called Rio Bravo in Mexico. He considered [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]] in Cameron County and Eagle Pass in Maverick County but instead chose Laredo, located some 150 miles south of [[San Antonio]].<ref name=lmtgarza/>

In Laredo, he established a jewelry manufacturing plant and went into business with an instructor from Laredo College, then known as Laredo Junior College. The partnership ended, as Tatangelo established his family-owned Frontier Novelty Company. He also established a plant in [[Nuevo Laredo]], on the Mexican side of the [[Rio Grande]], to assemble jewelry and optical products. He has long been a booster of border issues. He was friendly with Nuevo Laredo mayors and a fan of the [[Tecolotes]] [[baseball]] team there.<ref name=lmtgarza/>

In Laredo, he established a jewelry manufacturing plant and went into business with an instructor from Laredo College, then known as Laredo Junior College. The partnership ended, as Tatangelo established his family-owned Frontier Novelty Company. He also established a plant in Nuevo Laredo, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, to assemble jewelry and optical products. He has long been a booster of border issues. He was friendly with Nuevo Laredo mayors and a fan of the Tecolotes [[baseball]] team there.<ref name=lmtgarza/>

==Interest in local politics==

==Interest in local politics==