Farmer-led blockades at El Paso ports of entry are expected to intensify, this time including non-commercial traffic, following Mexico's passage of water rights laws.

The expanded blockades at the Tornillo and Zaragoza ports of entry are now slated to include both commercial and non-commercial traffic as farmers line up their tractors and farming vehicles across lanes.

The costly measure puts a squeeze not only on much-needed commercial shipments to American production facilities but also on maquiladoras, or factories in Juárez, by blocking trucks carrying auto parts and other commercial equipment.

What was the new water proposal just passed?

The Cámara de Diputados, or Chamber of Deputies, approved a framework for the new General Water Law by a vote of 328 to 131. Changes include re

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