Closes the U.S. border with Mexico again by worm

Mexico City.- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the closure of the border with Mexico for imports of live cattle, horses and bison, starting this same May 11, due to the presence of worm sweeper. Brooke Rollins, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, reported this through a message in his X account published this Sunday. "Due to the threat of the New World sweeper worm, announced the suspension of imports of live cattle, horses and bis…

Chihuahua farmers seek to challenge the crisis due to restrictions on livestock exports; and they demand an emergency plan. Chihuahua, Mexico. – The crisis faced by cattle ranchers in the north of the country escalates following the recent announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Secretary Brooke Rollins, regarding the closure of the southern border to imports of cattle, horses and bison. The measure seeks to curb t…

The Secretary of Agriculture, Julio Berdegué, pointed out that Mexico does not agree with the Bertha Becerra / OEM-Reportex measure For the second time in six months, the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Brooke Rollins, suspends for 15 days the export of standing cattle to the American Union. On this occasion it is a joint campaign against the cattle sweeper worm, said through its social networks the Secretary of Agriculture and Ru…

The plague of the sweeping worm is affected by Mexican cattle and caused a pause in its commercialization to the United States, whose government ordered the suspension of imports of cattle and horses from Mexico.

Last November, the United States had already temporarily suspended imports of Mexican cattle due to the presence of this plague, which recently caused the death of a 77-year-old woman in Chiapas, due to myasis caused by this insect.

The United States announced a new border closure to cattle exports.