US EditionRyan Wedding, ex-Olympic snowboarder accused of being a drug kingpin, is arrested
- On Friday, Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder, was arrested as the alleged leader of a violent drug-trafficking organization, the FBI says, releasing a photo taken this summer in Mexico.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wedding, 44, was wanted for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking network importing about 60 metric tons of cocaine a year into Los Angeles via semitrucks from Mexico, and he was charged with attempted murder and other counts.
- A grand jury indictment alleges Ryan Wedding oversaw a criminal enterprise, engaging in witness intimidation and enriching himself, while a federal witness was fatally shot after authorities said Wedding `placed a bounty` using a Canadian website.
- Authorities will announce more details at a Friday morning news conference, but details about what led to the arrest were not immediately available.
- The FBI had placed Wedding on its list of ten most wanted fugitives, offering a $15 million reward as FBI Director Kash Patel compared him to Pablo Escobar and Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán.
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Ryan Wedding, once an Olympic snowboarder for Canada, was arrested by the FBI and accused of leading a violent drug organization.
Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became billion-dollar drug trafficker arrested in Mexico
Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization, has been apprehended by authorities in Mexico, U.S. officials announced Friday.
Olympic snowboarder turned ‘Most Wanted’ fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested
Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin and FBI “Most Wanted” fugitive, was arrested in Mexico after eluding capture for more than a decade, U.S. authorities announced Friday. Officials have likened the 44-year-old Canadian, who competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City games, to a “modern-day iteration” of notorious drug smugglers Pablo Escobar and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and have accused him of playing a role in mult…
U.S. authorities have announced Friday the arrest in Mexico of former Olympic athlete Ryan Wedding, who was on the list of the 10 most wanted fugitives by the FBI and faces charges of drug trafficking and the murder of a federal witness. "It's El Chapo of our day. It's the Pablo Escobar of our day," said Kash Patel, director of the FBI, after his arrest, comparing him to the former boss of the Sinaloa cartel Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, jailed in …
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