● Modern Bracero Program · Laredo / Nuevo Laredo

Made in USA with Mexican hands.

USAMEX is the cross-border services platform that connects Panattoni's Class A industrial real estate with Kalach-curated, formally-employed Mexican workforce — enabling US manufacturers to operate at competitive labor costs while producing on US soil, at the world's #1 land port.

The bottleneck is no longer real estate or capital — it's labor mobility across the border. USAMEX solves this through Mexican-employed workers crossing daily under a Master Services Agreement, with full IMSS/Infonavit compliance on the MX side and CBP-coordinated trusted commuter pipeline on the US side.

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The Structural Arbitrage

1.5× Mexican wage = ~$3.75/hr (vida digna). US labor rate = ~$20–25/hr. Manufacturer captures 70–80% labor savings. Worker captures ~50% wage uplift versus traditional maquila. Both sides win — and the product is Made in USA.

Laredo Port · The Numbers

The world's #1 US land port

$354B
Annual Trade 2025
Source: Laredo EDC
14—20K
Daily Truck Crossings
Port Laredo / BTS
35—40%
All US—MX Land Trade
Single port share
$135B
Texas GDP Contribution
1.1M net TX jobs
8→18
WTB Lane Expansion
2× throughput
<2%
Industrial Vacancy
Northern MX corridor
The Problem

US manufacturing labor shortage projects to 2.1M unfilled positions by 2030.

Labor mobility, not real estate

Real estate and capital are no longer the bottleneck. The constraint is moving qualified workers across the border legally, daily, and at scale.

Existing visas don't fit

H-2B is capped, TN requires bachelor's degree, L-1 is intracompany only, Bracero defunct. None enable a Mexican-paid, US-deployed manufacturing workforce at scale.

Northern MX capacity exhausted

<2% vacancy with 8–10 month construction lead times. China-US tariff friction accelerates nearshoring beyond MX absorption capacity.

Worker arbitrage not captured

$700/mo MX maquila vs $4,500–5,500/mo US loaded. The arbitrage exists but no platform structures it legally, compliantly, and traceably.

The Three-Way Stack

The only complete cross-border labor stack on the corridor.

Panattoni
Industrial Real Estate
Brings
US-side Class A facilities (Premier Industrial Park, Laredo). MX-side build-to-suit (Nuevo Laredo). World's largest privately-held industrial developer. Pipeline of nearshoring tenants.
Captures
Anchor tenants, premium rents (10–15% over market for USAMEX-anchored space), build-to-suit fees, equity option in OpCo (10–20%).
Grupo Kalach
Workforce + Political Capital
Brings
Training centers, recruitment infrastructure, 25+ years manufacturing operating experience. Moisés Kalach: Cuarto de Junto USMCA negotiator, APEC Business Advisory Council, CMN, 36-governor relationships.
Captures
Per-head recruitment fees, training revenue, ops management margin, equity in OpCo. The bridge that makes regulatory novelty politically possible.
USAMEX (NPG)
Platform · Legal · CBP
Brings
MSA structure, cross-border legal/operational platform, compliance & digital traceability, direct CBP relationship, deal origination across USMCA corridor. 25+ years border industrial RE.
Captures
Platform margin on every worker-hour billed (~35% gross). Controlling equity in OpCo. Strategic exit options (Panattoni acquisition, IPO, PE recap).
Per-Worker Unit Economics

How the $3,000–4,000/month savings stack up.

Item Monthly USD Notes
Worker takehome (1.5× MX) $750 ~$3.75/hr × 200 hrs · vida digna
MX employer burden $250 IMSS, Infonavit, ~33% loaded
Training amortization $50 Kalach training centers
Transport (shuttle, fuel) $100 Origin → facility → return
Compliance & tech $50 USAMEX platform, biometrics
Direct cost / worker $1,150 All-in MX + logistics
Platform margin $400 ~35% gross
Bill rate to manufacturer $1,550 Per worker / month
US loaded equivalent $4,500–5,500 Wages + benefits + overhead
Manufacturer savings/worker/month $3,000–4,000 65–72% labor cost reduction
Daily Cross-Border Flow

From Nuevo Laredo to the production line — and back home the same day.

04:30
Workers arrive at Nuevo Laredo training/staging hub. Kalach-operated logistics center.
05:00
Briefing, biometric check-in, shuttle boarding. Daily safety briefing + identity verification.
05:30
Border crossing via FAST/SENTRI lane. World Trade Bridge or Bridge 4/5 priority lanes.
06:00
Arrival at Panattoni facility, line readiness. Premier Industrial Park, Laredo.
06:00 — 14:30
Production shift (8.5 hrs). Manufacturing under Master Services Agreement (not US employment).
14:30
Shuttle return to MX. Same-day return enforcement · zero overstay tolerance.
15:30
Optional training/upskilling. English tier-up, certification ladder for skill-based pay progression.
Why Laredo First

Demand density at the right end of the corridor.

Trade Volume
#1
US land port · $354B/yr · Demand density at the right end of the corridor.
Auto Industry
Top sector
Auto, electronics, machinery, computer parts — high-value labor end-markets.
Bridge 4/5
Approved
Capacity redundancy for shuttle priority lanes. WTB expansion 8 → 18 lanes already underway.
Green Corridors
$17B
Monterrey–Laredo infrastructure initiative. Adjacent capital flowing in parallel.
CBP Culture
Pioneer
Laredo POE pioneered C-TPAT and FAST post-9/11 — innovation-friendly for trusted commuter pilots.
Politics
TX vs CA
Less sanctuary friction than border California. Better pilot defensibility under federal scrutiny.
Roadmap

From Laredo pilot to 25,000-worker corridor.

Phase 1
Foundation
Months 0—6
  • 3-way term sheet signed
  • CBP formal pilot proposal
  • USAMEX MX S.A. de C.V. constituted
  • USAMEX Services LLC (DE/TX)
  • First Panattoni facility identified
  • First Kalach training center site
  • Two anchor manufacturer LOIs
Phase 2
Pilot
Months 6—18
  • CBP authorization or pilot framework
  • First training center operational
  • 250 workers recruited & trained
  • First Panattoni facility BTS
  • Production launch with anchor
  • 90-day clean operations
  • Y1 revenue: $4.65M
Phase 3
Scale
Months 18—36
  • 3—5 facilities operational
  • 1,000+ workers deployed
  • Second corridor (Eagle Pass / McAllen)
  • Series A capital raise
  • Y3 revenue: $93M
Phase 4
Corridor
Years 3—5
  • Full USMCA corridor (TJ → Matamoros)
  • 25,000+ workers deployed
  • Strategic exit options
  • Panattoni acquisition · IPO · PE recap
  • Y5 revenue: $465M
Counsel & Architecture

Dual-entity legal & accounting stack already engaged.

Lic. César Augusto Montes de Oca
Asesor Jurídico Externo · MX
MX corporate counsel for USAMEX MX, S.A. de C.V. — entity structuring, MSA, governance, corporate & labor compliance, contractual instruments. Long-standing external counsel for the founding-team's Mexican operating companies.
C.P. Arturo Sandoval Serrano
5i Consultores · ex-KPMG · MX
MX accounting and fiscal compliance for USAMEX MX, S.A. de C.V. — Comisario, monthly accounting close, SAT filings, IMSS / Infonavit / INFONACOT payroll execution, CFDI emission, statutory audit.
Andy García
Garcia Tax Consultants · Los Angeles · USA
US accounting and tax compliance for USAMEX Services LLC — federal & multi-state filings, cross-border tax structuring, Delaware/TX entity maintenance, CA-MX business forum network.
US Legal Counsel
By introduction · TBC
To be defined jointly with US-side counterparty (operating partner referral expected). Coordinated by MX legal lead.
The Ask

Ready to build on US soil with Mexican hands?

USAMEX is currently in pre-launch negotiations with anchor manufacturers, Panattoni leadership, and Kalach principals. The full pitch deck is available under NDA.

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