Oxitec has started releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida
This is part of a program that aims to eradicate the Aedes aegypti species
This species, which comes from Brazil, carries Zika and other diseases
The program will release 12,000 mosquitoes per week over the next 12 weeks
Florida residents have been fighting against the program since 2016
Some say they were bullied into signing off on the trial program
Residents have also said it is an act of terrorism to release the insects