FBI releases new photo of Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged drug kingpin

Federal authorities released a new photo of Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder who allegedly runs a violent drug-trafficking organization.

Federal authorities released a new photo of Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder who allegedly runs a violent drug-trafficking organization.

The FBI's Los Angeles field office said in a post on X that the image is believed to have been taken in Mexico over the summer.

Wedding is wanted by the FBI for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking organization responsible for importing about 60 metric tons of cocaine a year into Los Angeles via semitrucks from Mexico, Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a news conference last month.

The State Department is offering a $15 million reward for information that leads to his arrest and/or conviction. Wedding is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Canada's Ryan Wedding competes in a snowboarding event at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.Tony Marshall - EMPICS / PA Images via Getty Images"He controls one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations in this world," Bondi said. "He is currently the largest distributor of cocaine in Canada."