Former Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding Accused of Orchestrating Witness Murder

Ryan Wedding: From Olympian to Fugitive

• 🏅 Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder for Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, is now a fugitive on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.
• ⚖️ He faces serious new accusations, including orchestrating the January murder of a federal witness in Colombia.

Drug Trafficking Operation

• 🌐 Wedding allegedly used a Canadian website to post photos of the witness and his wife, leading to their location.
• 📈 He is indicted in connection with a transnational drug trafficking operation, allegedly using Southern California as a distribution hub.
• 🇨🇴 Prosecutors claim he funneled drugs from Colombia to the US and Canada with the help of Mexican cartels.
• 💰 The Justice Department states his alleged billion-dollar enterprise is the largest distributor of cocaine in Canada.

International Manhunt

• 🚨 In March, Wedding was added to the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives list.
• 💵 The State Department is offering a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture.