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Texas, Mexico Quarrel Over Water
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) -- Parched farmland, a summer drought and frustrated farmers have raised the stakes in the international struggle over water flowing through the Rio Grande. About 200 Texas farmers planned to bring tractors and pickup trucks to an international bridge Thursday in an attention-getting protest over what they complain is an overdue promise by Mexico to allow more Rio Grande water flow into Texas. "We're going to park our tractors where we can block all the produce trucks," Mission farmer Tommy Garcia said. "Then we'll go ahead and drive to the center of the bridge." They are expected to be joined by farmers on the Mexican side, likewise suffering because they depend on the upriver dam releases stipulated by a 1944 water-sharing treaty.

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