FBI Labels Ryan Wedding a Modern El Chapo & Escobar

Canadian former Olympic snowboarder-turned alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding is now in police custody after being arrested in Mexico.

Wedding, who’s accused of running a multi-billion dollar drug empire, was listed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives list and was reportedly being protected by the notorious Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico prior to his arrest.

The FBI first publicly identified Wedding as a suspect in a sweeping indictment released in October of 2024. At the time, authorities in the United States charged that he was the mastermind behind a drug-trafficking empire that was shipping narcotics from Colombia, through Mexico, and into the U.S. and Canada. Nine other Canadians were also named in the indictment.


News of Wedding’s arrest comes ahead of a previously scheduled news conference Friday morning where FBI Director Kash Patel is set to reveal a “significant development” in a major ongoing investigation alongside Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Michael Duheme.

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