Overview

• Authorities formalized an APHIS–SENASICA Plan of Action that includes regionalization, attractant‑trap monitoring, certified origin‑to‑destination corrals and a maritime import protocol, without setting a date to reopen the U.S. market.
• Mexico confirmed U.S. backing to habilitate a sterile‑fly plant in Metapa de Domínguez, Chiapas, targeting up to 100 million flies per week and full operation in the first half of 2026.
• USDA announced plans for a separate facility in Edinburg, Texas, with an investment of up to $750 million and projected output of about 300 million sterile flies weekly.
• The Consejo Nacional Agropecuario estimates losses of roughly $1.3 billion, or about 650,000 head not moved, and backs the plan as key to restoring live‑cattle exports.
• The UNTA urged a halt to bovine imports from Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala and a full southern border closure, alleging illegal movements of up to 800,000 head and citing a Mazatlán shipment; these are union claims not independently verified, while states like Jalisco expand certified corrals and canine detection teams.