Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the sterile-fly facility in Metapa de Domínguez, Chiapas, is expected to be finished in about two months.
- Sheinbaum stated that U.S. authorities requested the plant and are providing resources for its construction.
- The government is deploying simple traps through Sembrando Vida alongside planned sterile-fly releases to reduce the screwworm population.
- Mexico is working with Sonora, Durango, and Coahuila on export-capable meat production centers, with Tamaulipas in talks to join, while many ranchers have secured domestic buyers at higher prices.
- Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegué will push in the T-MEC review for science-based sanitary decisions and says the United States has not respected the December 2024 bilateral protocol.