US EditionOlympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug cartel boss to plead not guilty, lawyer says
Ryan Wedding faces 17 felony charges including murder and drug trafficking of 60 tons of cocaine, linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and a multinational smuggling network.
- 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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Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running billion-dollar drug trafficking ring
Authorities had offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
Ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to running billion-dollar drug empire, murder charges
Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he ran a billion-dollar drug-trafficking ring after his arrest in Mexico.
Former Olympic Snowboarder Pleads Not Guilty To Murder, Drug Trafficking Charges
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and carrying out multiple killings, pleaded not guilty in court on Monday.Wedding made his first court appearance Monday since he was arrested in Mexico last week.United States officials said Wedding had been hiding in Mexico for more than a decade. He was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last March wh…
Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug kingpin, pleads not guilty
(NBC, KYMA) - Former Olympic snowboarder and alleged kingpin Ryan Wedding pleaded not guilty Monday to drug and murder charges. The 44-year-old was arrested last week in Mexico, where federal authorities say he spent years operating a billion dollar drug trafficking organization. "He didn't surrender. He was apprehended. He was arrested. And so any spin that the government of Mexico is putting on this that he surrendered is inaccurate. And I thi…
Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to drug and murder charges
Ryan Wedding pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges accusing him of running a billion-dollar drug trafficking enterprise and directing multiple killings. The former Canadian Olympic snowboarder made his first U.S. court appearance since his arrest in Mexico last week and transfer to Southern California. Wedding, 44, competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. U.S. authorities say he later built a criminal network tha…
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