FBI Top‑Ten Fugitive and Ex‑Olympian Ryan Wedding Arrested in Mexico on U.S. Cocaine‑Trafficking and Murder Charges
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FBI Top Ten fugitive and former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding, 44, was arrested in Mexico on U.S. cocaine‑trafficking and murder charges, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday on social media. U.S. authorities allege Wedding collaborated with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, hid in Mexico, and hired a hit man who killed witness Jonathan Acebedo‑Garcia in MedellĂn, Colombia; Wedding finished 24th in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
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U.S.–Mexico Security Cooperation
Transnational Drug Trafficking