US rejects Mexico's request for water as Trump opens new battle front
Source: The Guardian
US rejects Mexico’s request for water as Trump opens new battle front
State department turns down special request to supply city of Tijuana in drought-affected north for first time ever
Guardian staff and agencies
Thu 20 Mar 2025 20.17 GMT
Last modified on Thu 20 Mar 2025 21.38 GMT
The United States has refused a request by Mexico for water, alleging shortfalls in sharing by its southern neighbor, as Donald Trump ramps up a battle on another front.
The state department said on Thursday it was the first time that the United States had rejected a request by Mexico for special delivery of water, which would have gone to the border city of Tijuana.
“Mexico’s continued shortfalls in its water deliveries under the 1944 water-sharing treaty are decimating American agriculture – particularly farmers in the Rio Grande valley,” the state department’s bureau handling Latin America said in a post on X.
The 1944 treaty, which governs water allocation from the Rio Grande and Colorado River, has come under growing strain in recent years due to the pressures of the climate crisis and the burgeoning populations and agriculture in parched areas.
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