Overview

• USDA teams began a five‑day verification in Sonora on September 8 to assess sanitary protocols, movement controls and facilities tied to live‑cattle exports.
• The review spans border entry points, quarantine stations and feedlots, with surveillance in Sonora currently reduced to about 60 active screwworm fly traps.
• Inspectors will visit Ciudad Obregón and Estación Don to observe cattle movements near the Sinaloa boundary and will conduct documentary audits at other ports and Hermosillo feedlots.
• If results meet binational criteria, authorities say a phased reopening could be proposed within weeks under a new border‑opening scheme.
• Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango are also being evaluated for possible inclusion given their reported screwworm‑free status, while producers tally losses near $1.3 billion and a 2.181‑billion‑peso support program begins issuing credits next week.