Overview

• On August 15, Interpol circulated a red notice seeking Zhang’s detention across nearly 200 member countries
• The Fiscalía General de la República has petitioned a judge for an arrest warrant under resistance-of-individuals charges after Zhang destroyed his electronic monitoring bracelet
• Multiple judicial and custody officials are under administrative investigation or have been removed over security lapses during his house arrest
• After a Mexico City judge declared itself incompetent to grant the new warrant, the FGR filed an appeal with a Collegiate Tribunal
• U.S. authorities continue to press extradition requests and federal indictments accusing Zhang of coordinating shipments of about 1,000 kg of cocaine, 1,800 kg of fentanyl and 600 kg of methamphetamine and laundering over $20 million