Overview
- Mexican authorities, working with the FBI, RCMP and LAPD, carried out Dec. 29 raids that uncovered a garage with over 50 racing motorcycles valued at roughly $40 million.
- The trove is believed to be tied to Ryan James Wedding, a Canadian ex-Olympian listed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted.
- Images released by FBI Los Angeles show multiple Ducati Desmosedici associated with Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso and Loris Capirossi, plus an Aprilia 125 linked to Rossi and a Suter MMX2 in Marc Márquez’s colors.
- Wedding is wanted on U.S. charges that include international cocaine trafficking, money laundering and murder, with a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to his capture or conviction.
- Investigators say they nearly apprehended him in recent weeks, and last month they seized a 2002 Mercedes GLK‑GTR Roadster worth about $13 million tied to the same network.