好色tv former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, 43, who is a fugitive, is seen top left, with 15 other defendants who have been charged in a 16-count superseding indictment for allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States, are displayed on a video monitor as federal, local, and international officials announce federal charges and arrests of alleged members at a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Damian Dovarganes
Former 好色tv Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding is shown in this undated FBI handout photo. A former 好色tv Olympic snowboarder wanted in the U.S. on multiple charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a transnational drug trafficking ring has been added to the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives list. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Federal Bureau of Investigation
好色tv former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, 43, who is a fugitive, is seen top left, with 15 other defendants who have been charged in a 16-count superseding indictment for allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States, are displayed on a video monitor as federal, local, and international officials announce federal charges and arrests of alleged members at a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Damian Dovarganes
Former 好色tv Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding is shown in this undated FBI handout photo. A former 好色tv Olympic snowboarder wanted in the U.S. on multiple charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a transnational drug trafficking ring has been added to the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives list. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Federal Bureau of Investigation
TORONTO - A former 好色tv Olympic snowboarder wanted in the U.S. on multiple charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a transnational drug trafficking ring has been added to the FBI鈥檚 list of 10 most wanted fugitives.
The U.S. Department of State's international narcotics bureau is offering a US$10-million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Ryan James Wedding, who competed for Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
The 43-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., is wanted for allegedly leading an organized crime group that moved large shipments of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and California to Canada and other locations in the United States. The FBI said Wedding is also wanted for allegedly orchestrating multiple murders and an attempted murder.
U.S. authorities say Wedding had been living in Mexico and is considered a fugitive.
鈥淲edding went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets of U.S. cities and in his native Canada,鈥 Akil Davis, assistant director of the FBI鈥檚 Los Angeles field office, said in a statement Thursday. 聽
鈥淭he alleged murders of his competitors make Wedding a very dangerous man, and his addition to the list of 10 most wanted fugitives, coupled with a major reward offer by the State Department, will make the public our partner so that we can catch up with him before he puts anyone else in danger.鈥
The FBI had previously offered a US$50,000 reward for information leading to Wedding's arrest and extradition to the U.S.
Wedding 鈥 whose aliases include 鈥淓l Jefe" and 鈥淧ublic Enemy" 鈥 is facing eight felony charges, including conspiracy to export cocaine, three counts of murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and one count of attempted murder.聽
He is one of 16 people charged in the alleged drug ring.
The charges have not been proven in court.
Wedding and another 好色tv citizen, who was arrested by Mexican authorities in October, are accused of directing the Nov. 20, 2023 murders of two members of a family in Caledon, Ont., in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment. Ontario Provincial Police have said the family was "completely innocent" and mistakenly targeted.聽
Two murders in Ontario's Niagara and Peel regions last year were also connected to the alleged drug ring.
The RCMP has said it worked with the FBI for over a year to investigate the alleged criminal network. Various law enforcement agencies across Canada, U.S., Mexico and Colombia assisted the investigation.
Wedding faces separate "unresolved" drug trafficking charges in Canada that date back to 2015, the RCMP said in October.聽
Wedding was previously convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and was sentenced to prison in 2010, federal records show. U.S. authorities believe that after Wedding鈥檚 release, he resumed drug trafficking and has been protected by the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico.
This report by 好色tvwas first published March 6, 2025.
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