FBI and Federal Law Enforcement

The Justice Department says former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, long sought by U.S. authorities as an alleged cocaine kingpin accused of orchestrating multiple murders, has been arrested in Mexico and transferred into U.S. custody. CBS reports that Wedding, once a Canadian Olympian in snowboarding, was picked up by Mexican authorities and handed over to the FBI, which had been hunting him on major narcotics and violent‑crime charges believed tied to cross‑border trafficking networks. Officials have not yet detailed the full U.S. indictment on air, but characterize him as a top‑tier trafficker whose organization stretched across borders and relied on hired killers to intimidate or eliminate witnesses. The case fits a broader Trump‑era push to brand large cartels and their partners as 'narco‑terrorists' and to pursue high‑profile arrests as part of a wider maritime and financial campaign against Latin American drug networks feeding the U.S. market.