"Officials in the US allege that Wedding's organisation had moved nearly 60 metric tons of cocaine a year into Los Angeles from Mexico using a network of semitrucks. Wedding is also accused of ordering the killing of a key FBI witness as well as several other murders, including that of a couple who were killed in a case of mistaken identity."
"On Thursday, the FBI director, Kash Patel, was in Mexico City for meetings with the country's security chief, Omar Garcia Harfuch. And on Friday morning he left with a souvenir: Ryan Wedding, and another, unnamed, priority objective. Garcia Harfuch released a statement saying that Patel was leaving with a non-US citizen who was arrested by Mexican authorities and is among the FBI's 10 most wanted, and a Canadian citizen who voluntarily surrendered yesterday at the US embassy."
"In March, Wedding, whose nicknames include Public Enemy, El Jefe and Giant, was added to the FBI's list of 10 most wanted fugitives, and there was a $15m reward for information leading to his arrest. Patel, who is due to speak to the media later in the day from California, has compared Wedding to Pablo Escobar and Joaquin El Chapo Guzman."
Ryan Wedding, 44, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, has been arrested in Mexico on allegations of leading a major cocaine-trafficking organization. US officials allege the organization moved nearly 60 metric tons of cocaine annually into Los Angeles via semitruck networks. Wedding faces accusations of ordering the killing of a key FBI witness and multiple other murders, including a mistaken-identity double homicide. The FBI and RCMP had sought Wedding, who was believed to be hiding in Mexico and allegedly protected by the Sinaloa cartel. FBI director Kash Patel secured the arrest after meetings in Mexico City and left with Wedding and another priority detainee.
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