Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been captured in Mexico after years on the run, ending a shocking fall from sports fame to international crime.
Wedding, 44, was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, facing charges that include murder and money laundering. Investigators say he ran the largest cocaine trafficking operation in Canadian history.
Once a Team Canada athlete at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Wedding allegedly later built a massive criminal network tied to Mexican cartels, moving cocaine from Colombia through Mexico into the U.S. and Canada.
Prosecutors claim his organization ordered multiple killings, including a federal witness in Colombia after Wedding reportedly shared the victim’s photo online.
A rise that inspired millions… now exposed as one of the most dramatic downfalls in sports history.
