Mexico is accused of delivering water to the US in advance

Cd. Victoria, Mexico.- In the midst of a growing controversy over the recent water extractions from La Amistad Dam, located in Coahuila, producers of the border region denounced that the resource is being redirected to Falcón Dam, in Tamaulipas, and later to the United States. According to agricultural leaders of Tamaulipas, this maneuver would represent an early and irregular delivery, in contradiction with the terms established in the Water Tr…

By Redacción Común. Three days after the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico if it did not cover its water debt, the extractions of La Amistad Dam, located on the border between Coahuila and Texas, fired 600 percent, despite the fact that the reservoir is at critical levels. The extraction went from 18 thousand to 120 thousand liters per second and would remain so until April 23, according …

Tamaulipeco producers pointed out that Mexico does not have water debt, but rather a delay in deliveries in the current five-year cycle due next October.