Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas' floating barrier plan on Rio Grande

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Greg is violating international law (i.e., the treaty with Mexico)

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/world/article/mexico-files-border-boundaries-complaint-over-18201809.php

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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1. Personally I would like this story to gain more traction at Abbotts expense

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2. Mexico files complaint accusing Texas of breaking boundary laws with floating barriers

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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4098815-mexico-files-complaint-accusing-texas-of-breaking-boundary-laws-with-floating-barriers/

Mexican officials filed a letter to the U.S. government Friday with complaints that the floating barriers in the Rio Grande River on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas may violate international treaties, according to The Associated Press.

Alicia Bárcena, Mexico’s Foreign Relations secretary, said the country will send an inspection team to the river to evaluate if the barriers violate two treaties, which require that the river be unimpeded......

Last week, a Texas kayaking company sued the state over the buoys, saying they illegally harm its business by preventing access to the river.