US EditionAlleged Chinese drug trafficker recaptured in Cuba after escaping Mexican custody
Zhi Dong Zhang laundered over $20 million and trafficked nearly 2,000 kilograms of fentanyl linked to major Mexican cartels, U.S. prosecutors said.
- Mexico handed Zhi Dong Zhang over to U.S. authorities on Thursday after Cuba arrested him on July 31 with two others, Mexico's Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed.
- Accused of laundering at least $20 million in the United States between 2020 and 2021 through over 150 shell companies and 170 bank accounts, Zhi Dong Zhang is alleged to have led a criminal network for major Mexican cartels since at least 2016.
- He was arrested last year in Mexico City but escaped this summer after a judge controversially granted him house arrest; his escape was confirmed on July 11 after traveling with a false passport, being denied entry to Russia, and arriving in Cuba.
- Six days earlier a federal court in Georgia issued new charges against Zhi Dong, while Interpol had issued an international arrest warrant, and Omar García Harfuch thanked the Cuban government for its valuable collaboration.
- Amid Mexico–U.S. security negotiations, the case drew political scrutiny as Zhi Dong's network based in Los Angeles, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, links to Central and South America, Europe, and Asia.
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Cuba extradites to Mexico a wanted Chinese citizen
According to information on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this individual had been arrested in Cuba on July 31 for crimes committed in the country, including document forgery and human trafficking, as provided for in the Cuban Penal Code, and was under provisional imprisonment. He had also been a fugitive from Mexican authorities since then, where he was serving a sentence for crimes associated with international drug …
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noticiasya.comMexican authorities have handed over Chinese national Zhi Dong Zhang, also known as "Brother Wang," to the United States. The man is accused in that country of drug trafficking and money laundering worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Dong Zhang was recaptured in Cuba and extradited this week to Mexico, from where he had fled in July. "This individual had been detained in Cuba on July 31, 2025, for crimes committed in the national territory of…
The criminal record of “Brother Wang” includes charges of smuggling fentanyl, as well as laundering some $150 million.
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