Washington's Agriculture Secretary confirmed the 350,000 acre-feet, but pressed Mexico to keep delivering and repay the "water debt owed to Texas farmers".

This article by Arturo Sánchez Jiménez originally appeared in the October 24, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. Mexico met the minimum annual volume of water deliveries from the Río Bravo (Rio Grande) to the United States as of this October 24, the end of the first year of Cycle 37 under the 1944 Water Treaty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) reported this Saturday, stressing that this was achieved “in a context of extreme drought that affects the availability of water in the region.”

According to an SRE statement, the federal government coordinated inter-institutional efforts to reach the goal set in the joint strategies announced on February 3, 2026, and did so “without putting at risk the human right to water, the consumption of communities, or food production, particularly in the border region.”

In Washington, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed in a message on X that Mexico “met its commitment to deliver at least 350,000 acre-feet of water this year” (around 431 million cubic meters), although she warned that “the work is not over,” since continued deliveries and the “repayment of the outstanding water debt” remain critical for farmers and ranchers in South Texas.

The compliance comes after US President Donald Trump last year twice accused Mexico of “violating” the 1944 Water Treaty and demanded the immediate delivery of water under the threat of imposing tariffs.

For his part, Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, Roberto Lazzeri, said on social media that, despite the challenges posed by the prolonged drought, “Mexico has met its commitment through dialogue and bilateral cooperation guided by the leadership of President Claudia Sheinbaum, and based on the principles of mutual respect, sovereignty, and shared responsibility.”

This progress shows what our two countries can achieve when they work together. We will continue building on these results to strengthen our cooperation.

Roberto Lazzeri, Mexico’s ambassador to the United States

In its statement, the Foreign Ministry emphasized that the actions undertaken “reaffirm Mexico’s commitment to complying with the 1944 Water Treaty and to binational cooperation, based on the availability of the resource and the hydrological conditions of the basin.”

It also stressed that “access to water is a fundamental human right and a priority for the government of Mexico,” and therefore its management must guarantee the well-being of the population and the continuity of essential activities.

The SRE indicated that both countries maintain technical coordination to strengthen the management of shared water resources and to develop “predictable and sustainable solutions to the effects of extreme drought.”

The federal government reiterated its willingness to continue working with the United States to ensure compliance with the treaty, “for mutual benefit and with full respect for national water sovereignty, the human right to water, and the interests of Mexican communities.”

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