Mexico Rushes to Meet 1944 Water Quota as U.S. Adds Pressure
- Texas Gov. demands compliance, congressman wants to shut river
- Lopez Obrador doesn’t rule out meeting water obligations
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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexico will do everything it can to meet an October deadline to send water from its side of the Rio Grande to the U.S. as Texas politicians threaten to take action.
The president said Friday he doesn’t rule out the possibility of meeting the water quota established in a 1944 treaty. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has urged the U.S. State Department to help enforce the water deal, and Texas State Representative Lyle Larson has proposed cutting off the Colorado River as it enters Mexico from Arizona. Access to the river is part of the treaty.