Overview
- Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegué said talks with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins have intensified, yet conditions are not in place to announce a reopening of cattle exports to the U.S.
- Mexico and the U.S. agreed to pilot small mobile modular production units that could supply up to 20 million additional sterile flies per week toward the eradication target.
- The sterile‑fly production facility near Tapachula, Chiapas, launched in July, is close to 30% complete and is described as pivotal to meeting U.S. animal‑health requirements.
- USDA reports roughly 7,885 screwworm cases concentrated in southern Mexico, is monitoring 350 sites, and has seen no detections in Mexican border states since early October.
- U.S. import suspensions on Mexican cattle have been imposed in multiple periods since November 2024 and remain in effect, as an NGO warns illegal cattle movements from Nicaragua could complicate eradication.