Isabel Mateos

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  • A ranch worker drives cattle to a corral for inspection for New World screwworm at a ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, amid an infestation that led the U.S. to suspend cattle imports over fears the pest could reach the border. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)Health

    Mexican flesh-eating parasite surged so fast that farmers in Texas, Mexico pour gasoline and lime on open cattle wounds

    By Raúl Mendoza, Isabel Mateos, and others