Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding Arrested in Mexico for Drug Trafficking

Capture of Ryan Wedding

• ❄️ Ryan Wedding, a disgraced Olympic snowboarder, has been arrested in Mexico City on drug trafficking charges.
• 📌 He was apprehended after being on the FBI's top 10 most wanted fugitives list and is now in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

Drug Trafficking Operations

• 💊 Wedding is accused of operating a major drug trafficking network since 2011, moving an estimated 60 tons of cocaine into the US annually.
• 🗺️ Authorities state that the Southland (Southern California) served as the hub for his criminal activities, with cocaine stored in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
• 🇨🇦 Drugs were trafficked from Mexico through Southern California to other states and Canada.

Criminal Enterprise and Seizures

• 🔪 Wedding is also accused of orchestrating murders in retaliation for stolen drug shipments.
• 🏍️ Investigators worked with Mexican officials to seize over $40 million worth of his motorcycle collection, along with significant quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, firearms, and other illicit assets.
• 🤝 36 other individuals have already been arrested in connection with this case, with more expected.

Charges and Legal Proceedings

• ⚖️ Wedding faces charges including murder, money laundering, and narcotics offenses.
• 🗓️ He is scheduled to appear before a judge for the first time on Monday afternoon.