Screwworm case detected in this other state
A case of screwworm detected in Nuevo León triggered alerts in the United States, Although Mexican authorities claim that it was an isolated incident and that it was controlled.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) reported that a case of the cattle screwworm (GBG) was detected in a cattle in Sabinas Hidalgo, 113 kilometers from the border with the United States, and was urgently attended to by the National Service of Health, Safety and Agrifood Quality (Senasica) for its eradication, "in order to avoid an outbreak in that entity."
READ: Pharmaceutical companies exposed for failing to deliver medicines"Senasica emphasizes that the case was detected in time and explained that the larvae were in an early phase, which implies that there is no possibility of the fly appearing, which minimizes the risk of GBG spreading in the free zone. Furthermore, the trapping system established throughout northern Mexico has not detected a single GBG fly," he indicated.
"We will take action," says the United StatesThis morning, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) assured that it will take the necessary measures, with or without Mexican cooperation, to protect its livestock industry.
"This is a national security priority. We have given Mexico every opportunity and every resource necessary to counter the NWS (GBG) since we announced the NWS Bold Plan in June 2025.
"However, American ranchers and families should know that we will not rely on Mexico to defend our industry. , our food supply or our way of life.
"We are vigorously implementing our five-pronged plan and will take decisive action to secure our borders, even in the absence of cooperation. Furthermore, we will take aggressive action against anyone who harms American livestock," said USDA Chairman Brooke Rollins.
For its part, the National Cattlemen's Association (NCBA) of the United States called on the Department of Agriculture to hold Mexico "accountable."
"It is deeply concerning to the U.S. livestock industry that the screwworm has moved so far north into Mexico and is now only 113 kilometers from the border. The speed at which the screwworm has moved through Mexico reminds us that this pest poses a serious and urgent threat to U.S. livestock producers," NCBA Executive Director Colin Woodall said in a statement.
You might be interested in: Sheinbaum attacks pharmaceutical companies; warns of criminal charges"With the threat so close, we need greater dispersal of sterile flies to keep this pest away from our border. "Now is the time for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expedite construction of the national sterile fly facility and eradicate this pest from our doorstep," he stressed.
He called on the USDA "to continue holding Mexico accountable and urge it to reduce animal movements that could spread the screwworm northward."
Following the announcement of the outbreak, it was reported that Julio Berdegué, head of the Sader (National Health Service), spoke by phone with his counterpart Brooke Rollins to share information about the case and the measures taken.
He explained that, as part of the Joint Action Plan, technical personnel from Senasica and the United States-Mexico Commission for the Prevention of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Exotic Animal Diseases (CPA), the state government, and the Nuevo León Livestock Promotion and Protection Committee thoroughly inspected a shipment of 100 animals from Minatitlán, Veracruz.
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