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he floating barrier, which is intended to block migrants crossing from Mexico, was installed last month without federal authorization, according to the US Justice Department, which is suing the state of Texas over its use of the buoys.

The Mexican government has also decried Abbott’s decision to float the buoys. Last week, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Alicia Bárcena Ibarra said her country had sent its second diplomatic note to the US complaining about the barriers.

They not only violate two treaties between the US and Mexico, she said, but a slide that accompanied her remarks claimed that a portion of the 305 meters of deployed buoy is on “Mexican territory.”

López Obrador on Thursday warned that the buoys violated Mexico’s “sovereignty and human rights,” adding that “we are already demanding that these buoys be removed.”

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

I was reading up on them earlier. They are tethered to the river bed and underneath the buoys is mesh netting. The buoys themselves also rotate, so that you cannot climb over them. My assumption is the currents sweep them into the netting, but I'm not sure. It's really fucked up and they should honestly dump Greg Abbott in the river and see how he fares with the buoys.

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay, that's a booby trap, not just a barrier. Common law should allow the migrants surviving family to sue the state of Texas for wrongful death. Those things were designed to kill anyone that encountered them, and that's not lawful.

Edit: Frankly, this isn't just civilly unlawful, this is criminal murder. I just don't think Texas would prosecute it and I don't really know that the feds could claim jurisdiction.

I mean, seeing as he's in a wheelchair I doubt he'd even make it that far. Idk how good his breast stroke is lmao

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

I don't normally advocate dumping wheelchair users into bodies of water, but I'll make an exception for Greg Abbott.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Caring about people in wheelchairs is woke liberal talk. Abbott would gladly allow himself to drown to show people what a true Texan is like.

https://original.newsbreak.com/@ash-jurberg-560946/3055627456835-gov-abbott-declares-war-on-the-woke-agenda-pledges-to-protect-education-system

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