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Effort to withhold Mexico funding over water crisis passes second congressional hurdle

myrgv.com /local-news/2024/07/01/effort-to-withhold-mexico-funding-over-water-crisis-passes-second-congressional-hurdle/

On Friday, the House voted to approve the fiscal year 2025 State, Foreign Operations & Related Programs, or SFOPS, appropriations bill — part of which included first-of-their-kind financial sanctions against Mexico, which is failing to abide by an 80-year-old water sharing treaty with the U.S.

But with the next cycle deadline of October 2025 fast approaching, Mexico has fallen so far behind that its reservoirs no longer contain enough water to meet the deficit.

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