Overview

• Authorities confirmed one infected animal in a 100‑head shipment from Minatitlán, Veracruz; technicians treated the case immediately and gave ivermectin preventively to the remaining cattle.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum said roughly 200 U.S. specialists have reviewed control efforts in Mexico and that construction of a sterile‑fly production plant will begin shortly.
• USDA notified health authorities of reinforced surveillance at the border and signaled potential sterile‑fly releases in frontier zones as a precaution.
• Senasica reported no screwworm fly detections in the northern trap network, indicating low risk of dispersion in that region.
• Mexico’s live‑cattle exports to the U.S. have been suspended since July, with industry groups estimating about 650,000 head and roughly $1.3 billion in unrealized trade as Mexico maintains a November restart target.