FILE PHOTO: An unfinished strand of orange buoys sits in the Rio Grande River in response to migrants crossing the river, near Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
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.
