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A 1953 graduate of [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] and a veteran of the armed forces, Arguindegui became president and, finally, chairman-emeritus of his family-owned Arguindegui Oil Company. The firm was founded in 1942 by his father, Pedro Arguindegui, Sr (1902-1991), who was originally a commission agent for the Continental Oil Company<ref name=lmt/> and started his own Conoco distributorship. In the 1970s, the company expanded into commercial fuels and serviced drilling operations in South Texas.<ref name=oilcompany>{{cite web|url=http://madmax.lmtonline.com/textarchives/042505/b4.htm|title=Arguindegui Oil keeps community running|date=April 25, 2005|publisher='The 'Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref> His mother was the former Marina Lilia Acevedo (1906-1973).  Arguindegui is among the Aggie 100, a list of fastest-growing companies owned and operated by TAMU alumni.<ref name=lmt/> One of the largest petroleum  product suppliers in Texas, the company employs about 250 people in Laredo. Through its AOC Holding Company, Arguindegui owned and operated several convenience stores under the named ConocoPhillips and Valero Energy Corporation  Laredo, Freer, and Zapata, Texas..<ref name=oilcompany/><ref name=hrcuellar/>

A 1953 graduate of [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] and a veteran of the armed forces, Arguindegui became president and, finally, chairman-emeritus of his family-owned Arguindegui Oil Company. The firm was founded in 1942 by his father, Pedro Arguindegui, Sr (1902-1991), who was originally a commission agent for the Continental Oil Company<ref name=lmt/> and started his own Conoco distributorship. In the 1970s, the company expanded into commercial fuels and serviced drilling operations in South Texas.<ref name=oilcompany>{{cite web|url=http://madmax.lmtonline.com/textarchives/042505/b4.htm|title=Arguindegui Oil keeps community running|date=April 25, 2005|publisher='The 'Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref> His mother was the former Marina Lilia Acevedo (1906-1973).  Arguindegui is among the Aggie 100, a list of fastest-growing companies owned and operated by TAMU alumni.<ref name=lmt/> One of the largest petroleum  product suppliers in Texas, the company employs about 250 people in Laredo. Through its AOC Holding Company, Arguindegui owned and operated several convenience stores under the named ConocoPhillips and Valero Energy Corporation  Laredo, Freer, and Zapata, Texas..<ref name=oilcompany/><ref name=hrcuellar/>

===Local politics===

==Local politics==

nonpartisan body under Texas law which then operated under the mayor-council form of government. In 1982, the city switched to the city manager format. During Arguindegui's time on the council, the city established the Laredo Civic Center on San Bernardo Street, erected the Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge over the [[Rio Grande]], and converted the former Laredo Air Force Base into the now previous site of Laredo International Airport.<ref name=lmt>Louis San Miguel, "Well known Laredoan dies: Burial Mass set for St. Patrick's Church," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' August 6, 2014, pp. 1, 12A.</ref> Salo Otero, a former sports editor for ''The Laredo Morning Times'' recalled Arguindegui as a "big, big voice on the city council ... He would say, 'Remember: I'm only one vote I cannot change Laredo by myself.'"<ref name=lmt/>

From 1960 to 1976, during the administration of [[Mayor]] [[J. C. Martin (Texas politician)|J. C. "Pepe" Martin, Jr.]], Arguindegui was a member of the Laredo City Council, a nominally nonpartisan but heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] body under Texas law which then operated under the mayor-council form of government. In 1982, six years after Arguindegui left the council, the city switched to the current city manager format. During Arguindegui's time on the council, the city established the Laredo Civic Center on San Bernardo Street, erected the Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge over the [[Rio Grande]], and converted the former Laredo Air Force Base into the now previous site of Laredo International Airport.<ref name=lmt>Louis San Miguel, "Well known Laredoan dies: Burial Mass set for St. Patrick's Church," ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' August 6, 2014, pp. 1, 12A.</ref> Salo Otero, a former sports editor for ''The Laredo Morning Times'' recalled Arguindegui as a "big, big voice on the city council ... He would say, 'Remember: I'm only one vote I cannot change Laredo by myself.'"<ref name=lmt/>

===Civic affairs===

===Civic affairs===