Cattle are once again crossing the border between the Mexican state of Sonora and Arizona on foot, after a more than two-months pause on cattle imports from Mexico into the United States.
The governor of the state of Sonora says more than 3,000 head of cattle have crossed at the Agua Prieta and Nogales crossings. The Agua Prieta crossing has been reopened since earlier this month, and the Nogales crossing just opened on Friday.
The cattle that pass through those checkpoints now face heightened scrutiny from inspectors. The border was closed due to a case of New World screwworm on Mexico’s southern border. The flesh-eating parasite can often be deadly.
Cattle now go through a more rigorous inspection process to protect against the spread of the parasite, which was eradicated from the United States in the 1960s.
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