"Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization, is set to plead not guilty to multiple charges against him, his attorney said ahead of a scheduled court hearing on Monday. Wedding, who was in hiding for more than a decade and on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, was arrested last week. He is charged with 17 felonies in two separate indictments."
"Wedding, who was known by many aliases, including "El Jefe" and "Public Enemy," is accused of becoming a major trafficker of cocaine into Canada and the United States and a ruthless leader who ordered killings, including one of a witness in a 2024 federal narcotics case against him. The alleged order resulted in the victim being shot to death in a restaurant in Medellín, Colombia, in January 2025, prosecutors said."
Ryan Wedding is a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of leading a billion-dollar transnational cocaine trafficking organization. He was arrested after more than a decade in hiding and was placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list. He faces 17 felony counts across two indictments and is set to plead not guilty. Authorities allege he used multiple aliases, ordered killings including a January 2025 Medellín restaurant murder of a witness, and directed retaliatory murders in Canada over a stolen drug shipment. Investigators say about 60 metric tons of cocaine were shipped through Southern California; 36 people were arrested and 19 were sanctioned.
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