"Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympian turned alleged drug kingpin who has drawn comparisons to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo, was taken into custody after a 17-month pursuit and more than a decade at large, federal authorities announced Friday. In two indictments, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California laid out how Wedding, 44, and his associates allegedly trafficked more than $1 billion in cocaine across the U.S. and Canada and orchestrated multiple murders, including the assassination of a key government witness."
"Thirty-six people have been charged for their alleged roles in Wedding's organization, including a Canadian attorney, a crime blogger and multiple hitmen. Who is Ryan Wedding? Wedding was born into a snow sports family. His grandparents owned a small ski area in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a vibrant port city on Lake Superior. His dad skied competitively in college and his uncle coached Canada's women's alpine ski team through the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France. Wedding learned to ski before he could walk, according to reports in Canadian news outlets."
Ryan Wedding is a former Canadian snowboard Olympian who federal prosecutors allege became the leader of a transnational drug-trafficking organization. Prosecutors allege Wedding and associates trafficked more than $1 billion in cocaine across the United States and Canada and ordered multiple murders, including the killing of a key government witness. Wedding was taken into custody after a 17-month pursuit following more than a decade at large. Thirty-six people have been charged in connection with the alleged organization, including a Canadian attorney, a crime blogger and multiple hitmen. Wedding grew up in a snow-sports family and qualified for the 2002 Olympics as a snowboarder.
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