Dossier
Zapata County
Coverage of Zapata County in the Nexus archive.
- Texas floodwaters inundate areas cleared for border wall construction
Floodwaters along the Rio Grande in San Ygnacio, Texas, have inundated areas previously cleared for border wall construction. The fast-moving, debris-laden waters include loose federal border buoys, indicating the severity of the flooding.
- As screwworm nears, rural Zapata County has no vet to get preventative drugs
Cases of New World screwworm are increasing in Texas, and rural Zapata County is particularly vulnerable because it has no veterinarian to administer preventative drugs to livestock or pets.