Former Olympic athlete wanted by the FBI for drug trafficking and murder

The FBI is looking for former Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding and is even offering a reward worth 50 thousand dollars (about 46 thousand euros) to anyone who provides information leading to his capture. The former athlete, who competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, is accused of drug trafficking and murder. According to the FBI, Wedding is wanted for allegedly “directing and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation that regularly shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, and through Mexico.” and Southern California, to various places in the United States. “. The same arrest warrant also explains that the former athlete was involved in “planning several murders to promote these drug-related crimes.”

If arrested, Wedding faces at least 10 years in prison for the drug trafficking offense and life in prison for murder.