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FBI Offers $10 Million Bounty for Ex-Olympian Turned Alleged Drug Kingpin

Canadian snowboarder Ryan James Wedding, now on the FBI's most-wanted list, is accused of international drug trafficking and murder.

  • Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, is accused of leading a major drug trafficking operation spanning the Americas.
  • The FBI has placed Wedding on its Top 10 Most Wanted list and is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
  • Authorities allege Wedding smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico into the U.S. and Canada.
  • Wedding's organization is also accused of orchestrating multiple murders, including a revenge killing of two family members in Ontario over a stolen cocaine shipment.
  • He is believed to be hiding in Mexico under the protection of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world's most notorious criminal organizations.
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