Flesh-eating worm in Mexico is upending cross-border cattle trade

The New World screwworm in Mexico has prompted an almost year-long blockade on imported cattle and disrupted domestic feedlots and long-standing business relationships.
Reuters

Mexican ranchers hit by flesh-eating screwworm want action on cattle smuggling

Mexico's illegal livestock trade exacerbates screwworm outbreak US closes border to Mexican cattle, impacting $1 billion industry Mexico plans $51 million sterile screwworm fly plant by 2026 TAPACHULA ...
AOL

New screwworm case detected by Mexico closest to US border since outbreak began in cattle ranches

Mexico activated emergency controls Monday after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, the closest case to the U.S. border since the ...
Fox News

American beef supply could be in peril as flesh-eating parasite found not far from US border

Mexico activated emergency controls Monday after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, the closest case to the U.S. border since the ...