No reason to close border by sweeping worm: Sheinbaum

The coordinator of Morena’s deputies, Ricardo Monreal Ávila, said that the closure of the U.S. border with Mexico due to the spread of the sweeping worm, is of “a coercive and unilateral type.” He said that “the diplomatic route, via dialogue, via understanding, we are looking for these coercive and unilateral measures to be lifted from the closure of borders for Mexican cattle exported to the United States, which is to do it traditional.” And i…

The morning conference “the morning of the people”, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo spoke about the plague of the worm sweeper, as it has affected the population for several days. Faced with this situation, the government of the United States took measures that the Mexican president considered unjust, since recently the Secretary of Agriculture, Julio Antonio Berdegué Sacristan, had met with [...]

Latin American Summary, May 12, 2025. The measure announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture was described as "unjust" by Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The administration of the northern country reported on the closure of the dividing line for a period of 15 days to review the joint strategy against the worm [...] The Mexico Entry. Closing of the common border with the U.S. imposed by Trump's government: Sheinbaum disagrees with th…

Read time approx.: 59 secondsPresident Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo called the decision of the U.S. government to unilaterally decree the temporary closure of certain Mexican imports due to the burrowing worm outbreak. From Palacio Nacional, at the morning conference “The morning of the people,” the president stressed that Mexico has acted responsibly since the first time the plague of the boreworm was detected. “We disagree with this measure. The Me…

Photo: Gabriel Monroy/Presidency Mexico City.- President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that she disagreed and that Mexico is respected, following the announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to stop imports of livestock due to the presence of the sweeper worm. “As I have said on other occasions, Mexico is nobody’s piñata, what is there is collaboration, there is coordination, but there is no subordination, nor can we be …

"There is no reason to close the border, because it has been permanently reported, there was even a first closure, it was reported, an agreement was reached, and now *What is the reason why the border is closed?" In those words, President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the decision, for 15 days, of the United States Government to suspend the importation of cattle to prevent, allegedly, an outbreak of worm sweeper.