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Mexico's Drug Cartels Bedevil Sheinbaum's Dealmaking With Trump

Mexico's Drug Cartels Bedevil Sheinbaum's Dealmaking With Trump

MEXICO CITY—Military forces followed a tip to the outskirts of Mexico's capital in October to capture a cartel operative from China wanted in the U.S. for smuggling fentanyl ingredients.
A Mexican judge placed Zhi Dong Zhang under house arrest while he awaited U.S. extradition proceedings on charges including laundering some $150 million for Mexican gangs and smuggling vast amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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