Overview
- U.S. prosecutors unsealed new charges alleging murder, witness tampering, money laundering and drug trafficking, tying Wedding to the January 2025 killing of a cooperating witness in Medellín.
- Authorities said “Operation Giant Slalom” led to multiple arrests in Canada, including lawyer Deepak Balwant Paradkar, as the U.S. seeks extraditions; Montreal resident Atna Onha was provisionally arrested at Washington’s request.
- The State Department increased the reward for information leading to Wedding’s capture to $15 million, and separate rewards of up to $2 million were offered for information on those involved in the Medellín murder.
- Treasury’s OFAC imposed sanctions on Wedding and associates to cut off access to the U.S. financial system, while investigators reported recovering roughly $3.2 million in cryptocurrency and more than $13 million in physical assets.
- Wedding remains on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list and is believed by officials to be in Mexico under Sinaloa cartel protection, as investigators detail a network moving about 60 metric tons of cocaine annually and the use of a website, The Dirty News, to help target the slain witness.