“Mexico must solve its water and drainage problem immediately. This represents a real threat to the inhabitants of Texas, California and the United States!” he said on the social network Truth Social, which he accompanied with an undated news video of the Tijuana River.
On Monday, Trump demanded to deliver 246 million cubic meters of water from the Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers before the end of the year. However, the 1944 Water Treaty considers that, in the event of extreme droughts, it is possible to pay in the following cycle.
Yesterday, in the morning conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum asked the US Government to recognize the real availability of water on the northern border, warning that Mexico will comply with the 1944 Treaty without compromising human consumption or agricultural activity.
With information from Claudia Guerrero and Rolando Herrera