Mexican officials are demanding Texas remove its border buoys from the Rio Grande, saying the floating barrier, aimed at blocking asylum seekers from reaching the United States, was installed on Mexico’s side of the river. Between the buoys there are circular saw blades. Dozens of asylum seekers, including children, have been severely injured. Last week the bodies of two asylum seekers were found in the Rio Grande, one of them trapped in the buoy barrier. Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena spoke Thursday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, D.C. Alicia Bárcena: “On the buoy issue in Texas, we are deeply concerned about the issue, but thankful because the U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Texas government. And this helps us very much, because we are talking about a delicate situation on our border, in our rivers, in the Rio Bravo, in the Rio Grande, but most of the buoys are on the Mexican side.”
      • PrincessLeiasCat
        16·
        1 year ago

        I saw the fence wire and don’t get me wrong - that is fucked up in its own right, but from the image, it looks like that’s partially on land, so drowning shouldn’t be as much of a concern as if you’re in the middle of the river and can’t grab onto one of the buoys because of saw blades.

        Please, don’t get me wrong - it’s fucked up. It’s all so very fucked up. But if the current is fast and someone needs to hold on to a buoy to avoid drowning but can’t because of a saw blade, that’s just……a whole other level of fucked up.

        And as a woman who lives in Texas, fuck Greg Abbott and the assholes who enable this and him and their “owning the libs” attitude and mentality that drives them to continue their continuous patterns of behavior that do nothing but hurt actual people who are very vulnerable.

      • library_napper@monyet.cc
        10·
        1 year ago

        Yes, because the current carries you into the blades and, you can’t see them, and once you get stuck on them, you’re drowning

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Recent liberal take on these: “ACTUALLY berdly-actually the saw blades aren’t motorized therefore this is okay actually and being upset about it is overreacting.” berdly-smug

  • Tb0n3
    311·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know who saw serrated guards and immediately thought they were all saw blades but they’re not saw blades.

  • dunning_cougar@waveform.socialEnglish
    168·
    1 year ago

    The Mexican government is a flimsy cartel front. The cartel should be grateful for Hunter’s business and leave it at that. President Biden could wipe them from the face of the earth whenever he wants.