Mexico’s president will make her second official stop in the state of Sonora this weekend since taking office in October.
On the trip, she plans to stop to stop in the town of Bavispe, deep in the Sierra Madre mountains, near the border with the Mexican state of Chihuahua. There, she’ll visit a project to rehabilitate an important highway in the region.
She’ll also travel to the far northwestern part of the state, to the town of San Luis Río Colorado — just across the border from Yuma, Arizona.
The trip comes days after the governor of Sonora, the Mexican state that shares much of its northern border with Arizona, was in Mexico City for a meeting with Sheinbaum’s security council. Mexico is under pressure from the United States to show it has a handle on security, especially in border states, as President Donald Trump’s tariff threat looms.
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The move comes after a nearly yearlong ban of Mexican cattle into the United States to protect against the New World screwworm parasite. -
The San Luis port of entry from Sonora, Mexico, is Arizona’s westernmost border crossing, and could see delays for four to five months starting later this month. -
No cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite have been reported in Arizona, but USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the state has recommendations for ranchers to protect against it. -
Mexican immigrants sent less money back to their country of origin last year, after 11 consecutive years of increased remittances, according to BBVA. Now, they appear to be increasing again. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says has confirmed the parasitic fly larva in a three-week-old calf in south Texas.
