Mexico and the United States began on Monday the verification meetings of Actions against the borers of cattleas part of the process for reopen the American border to cattle from Mexicosince it has been closed since May for an outbreak of this plague in southern Mexico.
The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), Julio Berdegué, reported on social networks of the start of sessions in Mexico City with a technical mission of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) which will review the advances of the National Strategy to Combat the Barrenador worm (GBG).
“I am pleased to inform that today the meetings in Mexico City began with the first group of the USDA mission will verify the results and actions of the fighting worm fighting strategy. We will continue to inform, ”Berdegué wrote on social networks ..
This process occurs after Berdegué and the secretary of the USDA, Brooke Rollins, agreed to advance a binational campaign for eradicate plague and resume livestock exports from Mexico to the US.suspended by Washington since May 11.
Although the formal suspension concluded on May 25, The border remains closed waiting for a final technical resolution.
Rollins expressed his satisfaction for the measures taken by Mexico and supported the construction of a new sterile flies production in Chiapas, in the south of the country, such as Part of the biological combat proposed by the Mexican authorities.
I am pleased to inform that today the meetings on CD of Mexico began with the first group of the mission of @Usda What will verify the results and actions of the strategy of combating the borer of cattle.
We will continue to inform.– Julio Berdegué (@julioberdegue) June 2, 2025