2 hours ago · Mexico
Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Straits Times World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Mexico. The first report grouped here was at 15 Oct 2026, 22:41 UTC. The headline in use is “Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
METAPA DE DOMINGUEZ, Mexico, Oct 15 - A rotten smell hanging over a town in Mexico's southern Chiapas state drove residents into the streets on Thursday to demand the removal of a sterile-fly plant at the center of the US-Mexican fight against the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite.
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Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant
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