MEXICO CITY (CN) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum praised on Monday the newly inaugurated sterile fly plant in the southern Mexican border state of Chiapas as a good example of bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico to fight the New World screwworm. The Mexican government invested $30 million for the plant, and the U.S. government $21 million, with more on the way to end the flesh-eating parasite.
Screwworms are fly larvae that can destroy livestock populations, costing ranchers millions. The maggots burrow into the wounds of infested livestock, feeding as they go like a screw into wood. The flesh-eating parasite can also cause significant harm to humans or death.
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