Mexico recordsdata criticism over Texas border management efforts in Rio Grande

Mexican officers lodged a criticism with the US authorities over the floating boundaries Texas put in within the Rio Grande River to discourage migrants from crossing into the state illegally.

If the orange buoys impede the circulate of the river, they might be in violation of 1944 and 1970 treaties between Mexico and the US that govern the boundaries and water that separate the 2 nations, Mexico’s International Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena wrote in a diplomatic word.

“We’re sending a mission, a territorial inspection to see the place the buoys are situated … to hold out this topographical survey to confirm that they don’t cross into Mexican territory,” she added.

Her letter additionally complained about barbed wire fencing being positioned alongside a low-lying island within the river close to Eagle Go, Texas.

“The buoys go down a foot under the water line, so anybody desirous to get previous them must swim at the very least that far down,” Texas Division of Public Security Spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez told The Post earlier this week.

Critics have additionally raised issues in regards to the massive buoys inflicting an elevated danger of migrant drownings, whereas environmental teams have spoken out about attainable impacts on the river.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott started set up of the boundaries in July as a part of a multi-billion effort to safe the Texas-Mexico border.

With Publish wires