FBI Offers $10 Million Reward for Former Olympian Turned Drug Kingpin
Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian snowboarder, is accused of leading a cocaine smuggling operation and being linked to multiple murders.
- Ryan James Wedding, a 43-year-old former Olympic snowboarder from Canada, has been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
- The FBI is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture, in collaboration with Canadian and Mexican authorities.
- Wedding is accused of orchestrating the smuggling of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to Canada via California.
- He is alleged to have ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and is linked to multiple murders, including the killing of two family members in Ontario in 2023.
- Authorities believe Wedding has been living in Mexico, and one of his suspected partners has already been arrested and extradited to the U.S.