Olympic snowboarder wanted for running murderous drug trafficking operation, FBI says
A former Olympic snowboarder has been charged with running a drug smuggling operation that allegedly shipped huge amounts of narcotics across borders and killed four people, the FBI said Thursday.
A former Olympic snowboarder has been charged with running a drug smuggling operation that allegedly shipped huge amounts of narcotics across borders and killed four people, the FBI said Thursday.
A $50,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of Ryan James Wedding, 43, who represented Canada in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002. Wedding is now considered an armed and dangerous fugitive, according to the FBI.
Ryan James Wedding.FBIA Canadian citizen who lives in Mexico, Wedding is one of 16 defendants indicted by prosecutors in California for running a "transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine" across the Americas, U.S Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement.
The gang's leaders "orchestrated multiple murders in furtherance of these drug crimes," Estrada said.
Wedding — whose allegedly uses the names "El Jefe," "Giant," and "Public Enemy" — is charged with eight felonies. He was previously charged with running a continuing criminal enterprise, murder, and conspiring to possess, distribute, and export cocaine.
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