"Federal authorities escalated their pursuit of fugitive former Olympian Ryan James Wedding this week, announcing a sweeping series of arrests and new murder charges that prosecutors say expose the inner workings of a violent, transnational narcotics organization. In a coordinated crackdown known as Operation Giant Slalom, officials unsealed a nine-count indictment accusing Wedding, 44, of ordering the January assassination of a key federal witness in Medellín, Colombia. The victim, identified as Canadian citizen Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia, had been cooperating with U.S. authorities in Wedding's 2024 drug-trafficking case, Snow Industry News reports."
"Wedding, already one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, is believed to be operating from Mexico and allegedly working with the Sinaloa Cartel. His reward has now increased to $15 million, supplementing earlier reward announcements from the FBI and the Department of State. According to prosecutors, Wedding placed a bounty on the witness and believed the killing would derail extradition proceedings and undercut the criminal charges he faced in the Central District of California."
Federal authorities unsealed a nine-count indictment accusing fugitive former Olympian Ryan James Wedding of ordering the January assassination of Canadian witness Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia in Medellín, Colombia. Prosecutors allege Wedding placed a bounty on the witness to derail extradition and undermine criminal charges in the Central District of California while continuing to oversee a narcotics organization. The indictment links the organization to moving hundreds of kilograms of cocaine through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and beyond and alleges collaboration with the Sinaloa Cartel. Operation Giant Slalom produced coordinated arrests across multiple countries and increased Wedding's reward to $15 million.
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