US EditionOlympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug cartel boss to plead not guilty, lawyer says
Ryan Wedding faces 17 felony counts including murder conspiracy and drug trafficking in a billion-dollar cocaine ring spanning North America, authorities say.
- On Monday, Ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleaded not guilty to 17 felony charges alleging he operated a Mexican drug cartel in federal court in Santa Ana.
- Authorities say the case stems from allegations that Ryan Wedding ran a transnational drug trafficking operation tied to the Sinaloa Cartel and was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year after living in Mexico City for up to a decade.
- Court filings further allege Wedding ordered a `multimillion-dollar bounty` on a federal witness in a 2024 narcotics case, and federal prosecutors say his network shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico into the U.S. and Canada.
- The DOJ says he will remain in U.S. custody without bond and return to court for a status conference on Monday and a jury trial on Monday.
- His capture followed a U.S. increase in the reward to $15,000,000, and FBI Director Kash Patel has not confirmed whether an individual seeking reward helped.
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Olympian Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to conspiracy charges
Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding was in a U.S. federal court Monday to face charges accusing him of running a billion-dollar international drug-trafficking ring and orchestrating a number of murders.
Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding, one of the priority targets he had lived in hiding until last week in Mexico, pleaded not guilty this Monday at his first hearing after turning himself in to the authorities three days ago. Wedding, an Olympic ex-athlete, is accused by the U.S. authorities of 17 crimes, including cocaine trafficking, money laundering and murder. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) considered his capture as a priority tar…
Ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to running drug smuggling ring
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder pleaded not guilty to running a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings, as one of the FBI's top fugitives made his first U.S. court appearance Monday since he was arrested in Mexico last week and flown to California.
Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running drug smuggling ring
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder pleaded not guilty to running a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings, as one of the FBI’s top fugitives made his first US court appearance on Monday since he was arrested in Mexico last week and flown to California. US authorities say Ryan Wedding, who competed in a single event for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, had been hiding in Mexico f…
Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running a drug smuggling ring
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder pleaded not guilty to running a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings, as one of the FBI’s top fugitives made his first U.S. court appearance Monday since he was arrested in Mexico last week and flown to California.
Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding Pleads Not Guilty to Drug, Murder Charges
Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleaded not guilty to all charges at his first appearance in federal court in California on Jan. 26. Wedding has been charged with conspiracies to import cocaine into the United States, commit murder, and launder money, among other charges. Prosecutors allege that Wedding, a Canadian, operated a “billion-dollar drug trafficking operation” and was the largest supplier of cocaine to Canada, which was smuggle…
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