"The attorney general, Pam Bondi, said on Wednesday that Ryan Wedding was accused in a newly unsealed indictment of tracking down a witness in Colombia who was then murdered before he could give evidence. Wedding, also known as El Jefe, Giant and Public Enemy, is alleged to have overseen the transport of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and southern California, and into Canada, as part of what Bondi called one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations in the world."
"Authorities also announced the arrest of the Ontario lawyer Deepak Paradkar, who allegedly advised Wedding to murder the FBI witness, Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia, a Canadian citizen who was shot dead in a restaurant in Medellin in January. Bill Essayli, first assistant US attorney at the central district of California, told reporters that Paradkar was one of a dozen individuals who were recently arrested in an international takedown. He said the well-known Brampton lawyer told Wedding: If you kill this witness, the case will be dismissed."
Ryan Wedding, a 43-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, is accused of leading a violent multinational cocaine trafficking organization that moved hundreds of kilograms from Colombia through Mexico and southern California into Canada. He is charged in a newly unsealed indictment with tracking down and ordering the murder of a witness in Colombia who was prepared to testify. Authorities arrested Ontario lawyer Deepak Paradkar for allegedly advising Wedding to kill the witness, Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia, who was shot dead in a Medellin restaurant in January. Multiple individuals were arrested in an international takedown and the US reward for Wedding's capture rose to $15 million.
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