3 dead after plane fighting screwworm spread crashes in southern Mexico
3 dead after plane fighting screwworm spread crashes in southern Mexico
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3 dead after plane fighting screwworm spread crashes in southern Mexico
Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
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Published on: 07/06/2025 | 01:47:06
AI Summary:
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Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer died when their plane crashed in southern Mexico. Mexico had stepped up efforts to control the spread of screwworm in cattle. The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal.
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I had no idea screwworms could fly.