U.S. Closes Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade Amid New World Screwworm Spread in Mexico
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Summary
The U.S. Secretary Rollins has shut down southern border ports to livestock trade following the northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico. A new case was reported in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz, 160 miles north of the current sterile fly dispersal grid and 370 miles south of the U.S./Mexico border. This follows earlier detections in Oaxaca and Veracruz, which led to the closure of ports to Mexican cattle, bison, and horses in May 2025.
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This new northward detection comes approximately two months after northern detections were reported in Oaxaca and Veracruz, less than 700 miles away from the U.S. border.
The closure of our ports to Mexican cattle, bison, and horses on May 11, 2025, was triggered by these earlier detections.
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