Rio Grande Valley irrigation manager Jo Jo White remembers clearly how ugly things got about a decade ago, when drought left Mexico without the water it needed to supply what it owed the U.S. under a 1944 treaty. Fields on the U.S. side went dry. Angry farmers staged a “tractor-cade” at an international bridge. Local leaders put pressure on congressmen. Congressmen put pressure on the State Department.
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Outlet: San Antonio Express-News
March 10, 2013