Republic of the Rio Grande capital site · Laredo Historic District · San Agústin Plaza colonial town square
Laredo was founded in 1755 and has been governed under seven different flags, including a brief 1840 stint as capital of the breakaway Republic of the Rio Grande. La Posada Hotel occupies the site of the former Laredo College and, before that, the capitol building of the short-lived republic. The Rio Grande Plaza Hotel, a former downtown high-rise hotel, has sat largely vacant in recent years. San Agústin Plaza, anchored by San Agústin Cathedral, is Laredo's original town square, dating to the city's colonial founding.
US Ghost Adventures is a multi-city ghost-walk operator described on its own materials as USMC disabled-combat-veteran-owned. Independent listings for the Laredo program, including the 'Laredo's Lost Laments of La Llorona Ghost Tour,' appear on GetYourGuide with verified guest reviews.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/laredo-ghost-tour/
- https://www.getyourguide.com/laredo-l100485/laredo-s-lost-laments-of-la-llorona-ghost-tour-t1071000/
ApparitionsUnexplained soundsA sense of being watched
At the Rio Grande Plaza Hotel, the operator describes reports of phantom piano music drifting through the vacant building and a sense of being watched on the hotel's upper floors. At La Posada Hotel, the operator describes reported sightings of apparitions in habit near the hotel's ballroom, tied to the site's earlier use as a convent school, along with an unexplained recurring presence described by staff. At San Agústin Plaza, the operator ties reported unease at the plaza to the site's history of public executions during Laredo's early period.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
