Wanted 'drug kingpin' gets extradited to United States

A Chinese citizen accused of trafficking fentanyl has been extradited from Cuba to the United States, according to the Mexican government, which helped facilitate the transfer.

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Zhi Dong Zhang — known as “Brother Wang” — escaped house arrest in Mexico in July, and was transferred into US custody, according to Mexican Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch.

He is alleged to have worked closely with Mexico's Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation drug cartels, designated “foreign terrorist organisations” by Washington.

The Cuban government said that “after a formal request for extradition”, the alleged traffickers was handed over to Mexican authorities.