Convention between the United States of America and Mexico: Boundary Solution of the Problem of the Chamizal.

El Chamizal is an area of land situated to the north of Rio Grande, in the El Paso-Ciudad de Juarez region. This Convention between México and the United States of America aims to give effect to the 1911 Arbitration regarding a controversy arising from the management of this area. The Agreement, composed of 12 articles, fixes the way in which the area should be managed. According to the document, the Rio Grande shall be relocated into a new channel in accordance with the engineering plan recommended in Minute No. 214 of the International Boundary and Water Commission. The river channel shall be relocated so as to transfer from the north to the south of Rio Grande a tract of 823.50 acres. The center line of the new river channel shall be the international boundary. Under this Convention, the International Boundary and Water Commission is charged with the relocation of the river channel, the construction of bridges and improvement of the new channel. The six existing bridges shall be replaced by new bridges as part of the relocation. Finally, the document highlights that this relocation of the international boundary shall not affect to the legal status with respect to citizenship law of those present or former residents of the affected portions of territory, nor to the jurisdiction over pending legal proceedings.