U.S.–Mexico Security Cooperation

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 Medellín, Colombia; Wedding finished 24th in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

Mexico transferred 37 alleged cartel members to the U.S. — the third such transfer in less than a year, bringing the total sent to 92 — including suspects tied to the Sinaloa, Beltrán‑Leyva, Jalisco New Generation and Northeast cartels and María del Rosario Navarro Sánchez, who faces U.S. charges for allegedly providing material support to a terrorist organization; Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch called them “high‑impact criminals.” President Claudia Sheinbaum said the move was made at the request of the U.S. Justice Department but was a sovereign decision by Mexico’s National Security Council to protect national security, a step the U.S. DOJ praised as “important,” while analysts say such transfers reflect growing pressure from the Trump administration.