US EditionEx-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court
Ryan Wedding allegedly led a cocaine-trafficking network generating up to $1 billion annually, linked to the Sinaloa cartel and facing charges including murder-related counts.
- Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, is expected in court after being arrested by the FBI for drug smuggling charges.
- The FBI accuses Wedding of running a criminal enterprise that smuggled six metric tons of cocaine annually into Los Angeles from Mexico.
- Wedding faces additional charges for allegedly ordering the killing of a federal witness.
- FBI Director Kash Patel described Wedding as a modern-day 'El Chapo.
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Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to federal court
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court Monday on charges he allegedly ran a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrated multiple killings. Ryan Wedding, 44, turned himself in at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City last week and was flown to Southern California after a yearlong effort by authorities in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Colombia …
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Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running a drug smuggling ring
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive made his first appearance in a U.S. court on charges he allegedly ran a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrated multiple killings.
The FBI promised $15 million for clues to Ryan Wedding's hiding place. The drug boss recently had a leniency officer murdered. Now he was arrested.
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