Overview
- Government tallies show 7,437 cumulative infections by September 30 with 630 active cases, led by Chiapas (3,760), Tabasco (869) and Oaxaca (844).
- Ranchers blocked the Cárdenas–Coatzacoalcos highway in Veracruz, saying 48‑hour holds at a zoosanitary checkpoint cause animal deaths and heavy losses, and urging rapid sterile‑fly releases.
- CNOG and cattle exporters asked President Claudia Sheinbaum to cap beef and live‑cattle imports—particularly from Brazil, up more than 250%—after more than 700,000 head could not be shipped to the U.S.
- Sonora reported a mid‑September USDA review that deemed its controls compliant with international standards, advancing efforts to regionalize exports despite nationwide U.S. restrictions.
- Authorities scaled up controls and treatments, including Puebla brigades and a new Nuevo León protocol requiring ivermectin before transport and doramectin on arrival, with federal reports citing 1.7 million head inspected and 3 million sterile flies released.