Das ist Rio Rico.
Nach einer Verschiebung des Flusslaufs des Rio Grande im frühen 20. Jahrhundert verlagerte sich die Stadt südlich der Grenze. Die Menschen gingen davon aus, dass sie ein Teil Mexikos seien, aber in Wirklichkeit gehörten sie immer noch zu den USA. Es dauerte über 70 Jahre, bis es vollständig korrigiert wurde.
Die ganze Geschichte erklärt es:
Von Many-Philosophy4285
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But isn’t Rio Rico still a part of Mexico?
**Saved you a click:** The town was built after the Rio Grande was diverted. A border treaty in 1970 changed the border to match the river, leaving the town in Mexico.
So technically the US lost territory, I feel like that treaty would never happen today.
Ok, that’s some interesting geography and border zone stuff, but the “map”sucks.
I was near this place in 2021. Here is a picture I took of the historical marker. Sorry it’s hard to read, I am not in charge of cleaning these historical markers.
https://imgur.com/a/b3dwkQ4
Waking up one day and finding out that you are now entitled to a US passport too must have been like winning the lottery for some people in that town