Mexico and the U.S. say they’ve reached a new agreement on the water-sharing treaty between the two countries, and that Mexico will make immediate deliveries of water it owes.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico and the U.S. have tweaked some of the technical aspects of the 81-year-old treaty.
But the exact details of this most recent agreement between the two countries are still unclear. The treaty requires Mexico to deliver water from the Rio Grande to Texas, while the U.S. delivers water to Mexico from the Colorado River.
For years, northern Mexico has suffered from drought and not delivered its share of water, as it approaches an October deadline to catch up on missed deliveries.
Sheinbaum says that recent rain in the border state of Tamaulipas helped make this most recent delivery possible.
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Cattle from Mexico have been barred from the United States for most the past year to prevent the parasite from entering. Ranchers in Sonora say this method was a mistake. -
Mexico’s foreign secretary says 14,000 Mexican nationals remain in immigration detention in the United States as Mexico pursues consular and legal action. -
The move comes after a nearly yearlong ban of Mexican cattle into the United States to protect against the New World screwworm parasite. -
The San Luis port of entry from Sonora, Mexico, is Arizona’s westernmost border crossing, and could see delays for four to five months starting later this month. -
No cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite have been reported in Arizona, but USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the state has recommendations for ranchers to protect against it.
