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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Noah Alcala Bach

Mexico files diplomatic complaint over Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border barriers

An unfinished strand of orange buoys, meant to deter migrants from crossing the river, sits in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on July 11, 2023.
An unfinished strand of orange buoys, meant to deter migrants from crossing the river, sits in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on July 11, 2023. (Credit: REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal)

Mexico’s incoming secretary of foreign affairs, Alicia Bárcena, said Friday that Texas’ deployment of buoys on the Texas-Mexico border to prevent migrants from crossing the Rio Grande are a violation of water treaties between the U.S. and Mexico.

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