{"id":1973998,"date":"2023-07-15T14:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-files-complaint-over-texas-floating-barrier-on-rio-grande\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T14:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:42:45","slug":"mexico-files-complaint-over-texas-floating-barrier-on-rio-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-files-complaint-over-texas-floating-barrier-on-rio-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico has lodged a complaint about Texas&#8217; floating barrier on the Rio Grande."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexico-files-complaint-over-texas-floating-barrier-on-rio-grande%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buoy barriers are prepared for installation during a water-based border operation in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 9, 2023. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>11:34 AM \u2013 Saturday, July 15, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s Foreign Relations Secretary said that she has sent a diplomatic note to the United States government to express the concerns of the Mexican government regarding Texas\u2019 deployment of floating barriers on the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A floating barrier of orange buoys put in the Rio Grande by the Texan government to block migrants from crossing into the U.S. violates a water treaty and may encroach on Mexican territory, incoming Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cgtnamerica?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cgtnamerica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGTNOfficial\/status\/1679959919141826562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Alicia Barcena said that the floating barrier that has been deployed by Texas along the Rio Grande may be in violation of the 1944 and 1970 treaties on boundaries and water. She also said that the Mexican government will be sending an inspection team in order to see whether the floating barrier extends into Mexico\u2019s side of the river.<\/p>\n<p>She said that If the barrier impedes the flow of water, then it would be in violation of the treaties, which state that the river must remain unobstructed.<\/p>\n<p>The floating barrier is part of Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s (R-Texas) multibillion-dollar effort to secure the southern border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re securing the border at the border. What these buoys will allow us to do is to prevent people from even getting to the border,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cThis strategy will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-locals-buoyed-by-abbotts-radical-border-river-barrier-plans-but-will-it-sink-or-swim\/\" title=\"Texans support Abbott's border river barrier, but will it succeed?\">proactively prevent illegal crossings<\/a> between ports of entry by making it more difficult to cross the Rio Grande and reach the Texas side of the southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The State of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Texas<\/a> is taking historic action under Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregAbbott_TX<\/a>\u2019s Operation Lone Star to secure the border. Installation of the marine barrier began today in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EaglePass?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EaglePass<\/a>. The marine barrier will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-files-complaint-over-texas-floating-barrier-on-rio-grande\/\" title=\"Mexico has lodged a complaint about Texas' floating barrier on the Rio Grande.\">deter unlawful crossings &#038; human smuggling<\/a>, &#038; prevent the loss of life due to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4PYy25RDFr\">pic.twitter.com\/4PYy25RDFr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LtChrisOlivarez\/status\/1678541552279224321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Other efforts that were made the governor include busing migrants to other states as well as authorizing the National Guard to make arrests in the state.<\/p>\n<p>When the plan for the floating barrier was first announced, migrant advocates voiced concerns about individuals drowning as they cross the river, and environmentalists voiced concerns about the impact of the barrier on the river itself.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of the buoys in the river began in early July, and once fully installed, the above-river parts of the system, and the connected webbing will cover around 1,000 feet of the middle of the Rio Grande river, their anchors will be in the wedged into the riverbed.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the work on the barrier has been focused on the stretch of the river in Eagle Pass, an area with a higher than average number of illegal crossings according to the Texas Department of Safety.<\/p>\n<p>Another strategy that has been used in Eagle Pass is the placement of barbed wire on some of the low-lying islands within the river, a strategy that Barcena has also protested.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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