61 h. ago Ryan Wedding’s journey from Olympic snowboarder to alleged cocaine kingpin

The native of Thunder Bay, Canada, has been compared to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo – but is he really as big a figure as US prosecutors have claimed?To compete at the highest levels of snowboarding, racers must master carving, edging and balance at speeds stretching the limits of imagination. They can fluently read the nuances of snow and fine-tune their bodies to cross the finish line faster than anyone else.The Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding had these skills – but also the quality that catapults amateurs to an elite level: a highly competitive instinct to succeed that can at times manifest in a desire to crush fellow competitors. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago First images released of Olympian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding on US soil as wild details emerge of how he was caught by the FBI in Mexico City

Wedding, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics, was among the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives. He spent more than a decade on the run before handing himself into the authorities.

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3 d. ago Olympian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding is CAUGHT after years on FBI Most Wanted list

Accused cocaine trafficker and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been arrested and is now in custody, two law enforcement officials say.

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3 d. ago Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder on the FBI's 'Most Wanted' list, has been arrested

Authorities say they have arrested Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder facing charges related to drug trafficking and the killing of a federal witnesses

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3 d. ago Olympian turned 'killer drug kingpin El Jefe' on Most Wanted list arrested by FBI

Ryan Wedding, 44, competed for Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin before being accused of building an international criminal organisation that allegedly trafficked cocaine worth billions

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4 w. ago Mexican authorities seize Olympic medals in shocking haul linked to fugitive ex

The former snowboarder, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, is now among the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives.

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