The fight to jail Brother Wang, the Chinese fentanyl kingpin
The story of Zhi Dong Zhang is more reminiscent of a Cold War double agent than a Chinese ...
The story of Zhi Dong Zhang is more reminiscent of a Cold War double agent than a Chinese fentanyl kingpin. Accused of moving thousands of kilograms of drugs and laundering millions of dollars through a criminal organization with tentacles around the world, Zhang was arrested last fall in Mexico City. He is a priority target for the United States, and everything seemed set for his imminent extradition. But this past summer he escaped, and began a journey through several countries in a desperate attempt to escape U.S. justice. Mexican official sources have confirmed to EL PAÍS that Brother Wang, one of his aliases, is currently in Cuba, where he arrived with a false passport after being denied entry into Russia for the same reason. Mexico is waiting for Cuban authorities to complete his interrogation before receiving him in Mexico and, according to the same sources, automatically deporting him to the United States.