From The Straits Times · · 50s
Rotting Meat Smell Sparks Protest
Residents protest Mexico's screwworm plant due to foul odor.
In brief
Residents protest Mexico's screwworm plant due to foul odor. Mexican residents demand removal of a sterile-fly plant causing rotting meat smell in their town. Originally reported by The Straits Times.
Residents protest
Residents in Metapa de Dominguez compared the odor to rotting meat and spoiled food, causing nausea and disrupting schools.
“pungent in your nose and mouth”
Plant inaugurated
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins inaugurated the facility on June 27, 2026.
US investment
The US Department of Agriculture invested $21 million toward the $51 million facility to halt a screwworm outbreak disrupting cross-border cattle trade.
Residents demand relocation
Residents want the plant relocated due to overpowering odor affecting schools and causing health concerns for children and elderly.
The one thing
Mexican residents demand removal of a sterile-fly plant causing rotting meat smell in their town.
