Late night on October 24, The Cuban government issued a statement saying it had extradited to Mexico a China citizen suspected of involvement in major drug trafficking activities.Just a few hours later, Mexican security confirmed that the drug dealer had been extradited to the United States, where the United States accused him of drug trafficking and money laundering.

Meanwhile, Mexican security sources told AFP on Wednesday that Chinese drug dealer Zhi Dong Zhang, nicknamed "Brother Wang," was arrested in Cuba, who was one of the suppliers of Fentanyen to Mexico's major drug group, who had been sought by a U.S. federal court for "money laundering" and escaped after being jailed in Mexico.

It has been relatively rare in the past for Cuba, Mexico and the United States to show such close cooperation and extradition operations to advance so quickly. The author believes that there are two main reasons:

First, the nickname "King Brother" of the 38-year-old Beijing man deeply troubled the Latin American region.His criminal network has been rooted in misconduct, dealings with several large local drug groups, and uses multiple pseudonyms including ¡°Mandela.¡± He was involved in money laundering over $20 million in the United States through a complex system of more than 150 empty shell companies and 170 bank accounts. He is also associated with the Mexican Sinaloa Group, which has been classified as a ¡°foreign terrorist organization¡± by both countries.

In July 2024, a federal court judge in Atlanta sought Zhang Zhang for ¡°money laundering crimes,¡± and in October his networking in Mexico, the United States requested extradition. Zhang Zhang was accused of drug trafficking to Mexico¡¯s two drug trafficking groups, the two groups were the main source of fentanyl trafficking to the United States, and in February this year were listed as ¡°foreign terrorist organizations¡±. Months later, Mexican judges approved Zhang Zhang¡¯s home detention. In July 2025, he fled through the ground and tried to use a fake identity to enter Russia was denied, and eventually fled to Cuba.

How could such people, not even Russia, easily choose to confront the United States?

Second, the situation in Latin America has become tense recently.There are media outlets linking this rapid extradition operation to the efforts to fight drug trafficking in Latin America during Trump¡¯s reign. Despite a long-term poor relationship with the United States, Cuba has been forced to cooperate with the United States on the issue of fighting drug trafficking. Having witnessed the recent situation faced by Venezuela¡¯s close ally, President Maduro, the Cuban side naturally refuses to repeat the situation and becomes the next target of the United States.

According to the New York Post on October 23, Trump said he would inform Congress of the plan, military strategy or upgrade to crack down on the "Venezuelan land drug trafficking cartel target".He said the move was harmless at a White House conference and said the United States had captured about 3,200 ¡°suspicious members of a drug trafficking group¡± in the past month.The Wall Street Journal said on the same day that two B1-B bombers flew from Texas to the international airspace near Venezuela and failed to enter its airspace, an anonymous U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. The U.S. B-1B bomber was on training flight in the Caribbean waters on the same day, and the carrier is large and can carry out maritime patrol missions.

On October 24, U.S. Secretary of War Hergezs ordered the Ford aircraft carrier to travel to the Caribbean Sea to assist U.S. troops fighting drugs. At the same time, U.S. troops conducted five days of military exercises in Trinidad and Tobago, just a few miles from Venezuela.

Outside analysis, this move may create momentum to overthrow the Maduro government. Maduro called for peace, opposed to war, and cried out that Trump should solve problems through dialogue¡£

U.S. aircraft carriers can not only threaten Venezuela, but also demonstrate at Cuba's doorstep.

In addition to, The U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement on Monday that sanctions have been imposed on Colombian President Petro and others.Under the Anti-Drug Law, the U.S. Treasury¡¯s Foreign Asset Control Office has imposed sanctions on Pedro and his wife, Secretary of Interior Amando Benedetto, freezing their assets and financial services in the United States. In his statement, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bescent accused Petro of "letting drug trafficking cartels activities", which led to an increase in cocaine production in Colombia and its flow into the United States.

Petro responded on the same day, condemning the US actions and saying that he would never give in.Colombian President Petro on Thursday He condemned the U.S. launch of deadly airstrikes in waters in the Caribbean and Pacific, calling it ¡°extra-legal execution.¡±

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would strike harshly against U.S. drug trafficking. Recently, the U.S. carried out mass drug hunting in Latin America and even airstrikes on Colombia¡¯s vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking. Last week, Trump also threatened to raise tariffs on Colombia and suspend aid.

At present, the Trump administration has tense relations with Venezuela and Colombia. Drug crimes in these two countries are rampant and drugs continue to flow into the United States. Leaders of the two countries also often engage in verbal battles with Trump¡£ Today, Trump has stopped just talking and started to take action.

Cuba is well aware of the potential risks faced by Venezuela and Colombia, and naturally will not deliberately anger the United States in drug control matters. Therefore, the outcome of this China drug lord known as "Brother Wang" has long been doomed.