Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who is accused of sitting atop an international drug trafficking empire, was arrested Thursday in Mexico.
Wedding, 44, is accused of being a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, and “running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation,” FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media.
Wedding stands accused of masterminding and participating in the shipment of millions of dollars’ worth of drugs from Colombia through Mexico and on into the United States and Canada.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says that Wedding will be extradited from Mexico to the United States to stand trial.
“Director Patel has worked tirelessly to bring fugitives to justice,” Bondi said. “We are grateful to our incredible Ambassador Ron Johnson and the
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