Mexico sends a note to the US for a wire fence and buoys on the border with Texas

He Government of Mexico sent this Friday a diplomatic note to USA after Texas placed a wire fence and a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande, on the border between the two countries, to prevent the passage of migrants, which also violates the Water Treaty, according to the complaint.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE) reported in a statement that in the document he expressed his “worry” for the placement of the artifacts, “due to the obstruction and diversion effects that said fence and the installed barrels can cause on the normal runoff and avenues of the Rio Grande”.

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Last May, a few days after the end of the immigration measure known as Title 42Governor of Texas, Republican greg abbottannounced the beginning of the placement of giant spherical orange buoys to build a floating barrier on the Rio Grande.

This, to reinforce security measures on the border with Mexico which had included busing migrants to Democratic-run US states and authorizing the National Guard to make arrests.

This Friday, the SRE affirmed that the placement of the buoy barrier, which begins in the Eagle Pass area, contravenes article 17 of the Water Treaty International Law of 1944, which establishes that “the use of the international riverbed for the discharge of flood waters or other surpluses will be free”.

In addition, he assured that he is also violating article IV B.1 of the 1970 Boundary Treaty.

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The Chancellery specified that since June 26 the Government of Mexico requested the USA that both the aforementioned barrels and the razor wire fence be removed from the bed of the Rio Grande due to the effects of obstruction and diversion of runoff into Mexican territory.

“And that in the future the flood zone and the channel of this river for the installation of the mentioned elements will not continue to be considered”he pointed.

Likewise, he kindly requested that any work, including clearing on islands and the riverbed of the Rio Grande, be endorsed by the International Boundary and Water Commission (CILA) between Mexico and the United States.

The situation reflects the panorama at the borders of Mexico after the expiration on May 11 of the Title 42 of USAa measure that immediately expelled migrants on the grounds of the pandemic, now replaced with Title 8 and greater restrictions on legal asylum.

The flow of migrants that cross Mexican territory towards USA is on the rise again, despite an initial drop after the end of the Title 42as noted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mexico.

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Source: Elcomercio

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