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U.S. Unseals Murder Charges and Lifts Reward to $15 Million in Hunt for Ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding

Prosecutors say the fugitive former Canadian snowboarder leads a Sinaloa-linked cocaine network accused of killing a witness.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference on Nov. 19, standing next to a wanted poster for former Olympian Ryan Wedding. .
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Overview

  • The Justice Department added new counts tied to the January killing of Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia in Colombia, alleging the murder was meant to stop cooperation with the FBI.
  • The FBI increased the bounty for information leading to Wedding’s capture to $15 million and kept him on the Ten Most Wanted list.
  • Officials say Wedding is hiding in Mexico and describe him as a drug kingpin, with the FBI director calling him a modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar.
  • Authorities cite a multinational effort with U.S., Canadian and Colombian partners, with recent arrests in Canada linked to the alleged network.
  • Wedding previously served a U.S. sentence after a 2009 cocaine conspiracy conviction and became a fugitive following a 2024 indictment that preceded his flight to Mexico.