Governors of the northern Mexican border states of are opposing water payments owed to the United States, arguing that the move could jeopardize the water supply for residents in their municipalities.
Under the terms of a 1944 treaty, Mexico is required to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water from the Rio Grande to the U.S. every five years. But with only a few months left in the current cycle, Mexico still owes roughly two-thirds of that amount to its northern neighbor.
