7 h. ago Olympian turned drug kingpin Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to two indictments in first court appearance in California

Wedding, 44, was arrested in Mexico City last week and was flown to Southern California after a yearlong effort by authorities in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

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65 h. ago Olympian turned 'drug kingpin' busted by police over cartel murders in dramatic airport scene

Ryan Wedding was detained immediately after touching down on US soil, and is now set to appear in court charged with murder and drug charges related to a secret drug gang

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68 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 Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cocaine kingpin in US custody

Ryan Wedding turned himself in at US consulate in Mexico City and is due to appear in court in California on MondayRyan Wedding, the Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, has been arrested after turning himself in at the US embassy in Mexico, law enforcement officials announced on Friday.Wedding, 44, had been sought by the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for his role in overseeing what the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, called the “one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations” in the world. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cocaine kingpin in custody

Ryan Wedding allegedly ran a drug-trafficking organisation that moved 60 tons of cocaine a year into Los AngelesRyan Wedding, the Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, has been arrested, US law enforcement officials announced on Friday.Wedding, 44, has been sought by the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for his role in overseeing what the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, called the “one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations” in the world. Continue reading...

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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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3 d. ago Blake Lively 'grilled by Justin Baldoni's lawyer about "negative press" she and Ryan Reynolds received over their wedding at a former slave plantation'

It's been revealed that Blake Lively made rare remarks about her and husband Ryan Reynolds's controversial 2012 plantation wedding during her It Ends With Us deposition.

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3 w. ago Olympian turned 'killer drug kingpin El Jefe' has £30m motorbike stash and medals seized

A former Olympic star is alleged to be a murderous drug kingpin who is the "largest distributor of cocaine in Canada" and orchestrated the "execution" of a US federal witness

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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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