Gustavo Castillo García
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, November 2, 2024, p. 6
A federal judge based in the South Prison of Mexico City issued justified preventive detention against Zhi Dong, a Chinese citizen, considered by the United States government, a major trafficker of fentanyl and other drugs, who operated for the cartels. from Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation (CJNG)and who was arrested yesterday in Santa Fe, Cuajimalpa mayor’s office.
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR), through the Special Prosecutor’s Office for International Affairs (FEAIN), specified the preventive detention, as part of the extradition process that will be carried out at the request of the United States government against Zhi Dong.
The citizen of Chinese origin was arrested as a result of coordinated work between the Secretariats of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), the Mexican Navy (Semar), the National Defense (Sedena) and the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic ( FGR).
Zhi Dong was requested for extradition for his probable responsibility in the crimes of criminal association, against health and operations with resources of illicit origin, since he is required by the Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York and the Federal Court of the Northern District from Georgia, in the United States.
▲ The Chinese citizen is in the process of being extradited to the United States.Photo The Day
According to the FGR, He is considered the alleged leader of a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering in the United States and likely responsible for trafficking large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine, for distribution and sending the proceeds to Mexico.
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After his arrest, Zhi Dong was presented before the judge and, in a formal detention hearing for the purposes of extradition to the neighboring country to the north, his formal arrest was ordered and the precautionary measure of justified preventive detention was imposed, so he will remain in the South Men’s Preventive Prison.
