Drugs, Illegal Aliens Not the Only Headaches for Border Ranchers

Richard Guerra (L) and his son Jody Guerra on their ranch, La Anacua Ranch, near Rio Grande City, Texas, on March 22, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

ROMA, Texas—Illegal immigrants and drug traffickers aren’t the only incursions that border ranchers are battling in southeast Texas.

A tiny interloper has brought the area’s cattle industry to its knees. It’s called the fever tick.