Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico and the United States have a standing agreement to meet the 1944 water treaty, with releases paced to actual river supplies and without reducing household water.
- She said the accord has moved to logistics, as the International Boundary and Water Commission and Mexico’s Foreign Ministry set volumes and decide whether to send water in one week or spread it over several.
- Following proposals from U.S. Sen. John Cornyn to pull the issue into the USMCA review, Sheinbaum said Mexico has felt no pressure and rejects linking water deliveries to trade talks.
- Mexico is coordinating with governors in Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, and Coahuila because flow changes could touch farms and towns along the Rio Grande.
- The treaty trades water in five-year cycles, and a severe drought left Mexico short last cycle, prompting a make-up plan to cover the deficit in the new period.