“I believe that a reasonable agreement will be reached in the coming days. I don’t see it being a matter of conflict,” Sheinbaum stated after threats from US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs or sanctions, due to the Latin American territory’s inability to send its entire quota to Texas.

“For the farmers in Texas, who are the ones asking for water, there will be an immediate delivery of a certain number of millions of cubic meters that can be provided, according to the water availability in the Rio Grande,” she said. During her regular press conference, the dignitary recalled that the 1944 treaty establishes that Mexico delivers water through the Colorado River, and Mexico through the Rio Grande, but insisted there is less of that resource in the latter tributary due to nearly four years of drought.

“The IBWC (International Boundary and Water Commission), which is the institution that is dedicated to reviewing the treaty, both from the United States and Mexico, is seeking technical proposals that will allow this treaty to be fulfilled,” she explained.

She noted that perhaps Trump was unaware of the working groups held and the submission of a proposal on how much water Mexico can deliver in different locations immediately and, reviewing this year’s rainy season, how much more can be delivered in the second half of the year.

“It’s a very reasonable proposal and it has to do with availability,” she noted.

Likewise, the president yesterday instructed the Secretaries of Agriculture, Julio Berdegué; Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, and Environment, Alicia Bárcena, to immediately contact the United States Ministry of Agriculture and the State Department.

In a message published last night on her social media account, Sheinbaum affirmed that Mexico has fulfilled its mission of shipping the liquid to the United States to the extent available of that resource.

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