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Mexico, U.S. Launch Coordinated Push to Contain Cattle Screwworm in Tamaulipas and Veracruz

The binational plan centers on tighter livestock movement controls with expanded veterinary coverage to break the pest’s cycle.

Overview

  • Federal and state officials agreed a seven-front special action plan after meetings in Tampico and Veracruz.
  • The United States will increase sterile-fly releases in south Tamaulipas and across north and central Veracruz to suppress reproduction.
  • Authorities are adding 20 new field brigades, bringing total personnel to 170, along with more traps and mobile inspection modules.
  • Road checkpoints and itinerant verification routes backed by the National Guard will tighten livestock movement in San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz.
  • Immediate priorities target deactivating recent cases in Tamaulipas while containing the pest in Veracruz, with producers urged to report cases under a non-punitive approach.