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Parched Mexicans diverting water crisis deepens
Texas official says Mexican farmers siphon Rio Grande water below Anzalduas Dam to irrigate parched fields in northeastern Mexico. Gov. Bush rejects Texas water loans, stressing IBWC must enforce the 1944 treaty as Mexican reservoirs near depletion and crop losses rise.
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Larepo
Tex
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Water
Rio Grande
Anzalduas Dam
Mission
John Hinojosa
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Weslaco
Brownsville
Texas
Hinojosa
Austin
George W. Bush
Bush
John M. Bernal
International Boundary and Water Commission
el Paso
United States
IBWC
Tamaulipas
Nuevo Leon
Coahuila
Chihuahua