Mexico says Texan buoys in Rio Grande breach water treaty
Earlier DU threads:
• Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor's latest effort to curb border crossings
• Texas rolls out huge buoys across 1,000ft of the Rio Grande to stem flow of migrants
Also: Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas’ floating barrier plan on Rio Grande (Associated Press)
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Source: Reuters
Mexico says Texan buoys in Rio Grande breach water treaty
Fri, July 14, 2023 at 5:01 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A floating barrier of orange buoys put in the Rio Grande by the Texan government to hinder migrants crossing into the U.S. violates a water treaty and may encroach on Mexican territory, incoming Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Friday.
"We have sent a diplomatic letter (to the U.S.) on 26 June because in reality what it is violating is the water treaty of 1944," Barcena told reporters in Mexico City, referring to the Mexican Water Treaty between the U.S. and Mexico that covers the use of water from the Colorado, Tijuana and Rio Grande rivers.
"We are sending a mission, a territorial inspection," Barcena added, "to see where the buoys are located... to carry out this topographical survey to verify that they do not cross into Mexican territory."
The U.S. State Department and the office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-says-texan-buoys-rio-210116722.html
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Source: Associated Press
Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas’ floating barrier plan on Rio Grande
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat said Friday her country has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. government expressing concern that Texas’ deployment of floating barriers on the Rio Grande may violate 1944 and 1970 treaties on boundaries and water.
Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena said Mexico will send an inspection team to the Rio Grande to see whether any of the barrier extends into Mexico’s side of the border river.
She also complained about U.S. efforts to put up barbed wire on a low-lying island in the river near Eagle Pass, Texas.
Bárcena said that if the buoys impede the flow of water, it would violate the treaties, which requires the river remain unobstructed. Mexico has already asked that the barriers be removed.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-texas-rio-grande-buoys-immigration-a0ddf07c9d91c0c0413cf2bbfb16d9c1
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