South Texas Congressman Says Mexico Will Start Repaying Water Debt ‘Soon’

A South Texas congressman who is part of a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers meeting with officials in Mexico City this week says Mexico intends to repay water owed to the United States very soon, Border Report has learned.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from McAllen who is the only lawmaker from Texas on the trip, told Border Report that the current president and president-elect both have promised to pay the water that Mexico owes South Texas.