Hardeep Ratte, Rakhim Ibragimov, Gurpreet Singh and Malik Damion Cunningham appeared by videoconference from the Toronto South Detention Centre. They were all accompanied by their lawyer.
This was their second appearance, but their alleged ties to Ryan James Wedding were not mentioned during the virtual hearing.
The 43-year-old former Canadian Olympic athlete, who is now living in Mexico, is wanted for murder and drug trafficking. The FBI considers him a fugitive.
He offered a reward of US$50,000 (C$69,000) for information that would lead to his arrest and extradition to the United States.
The Toronto South Detention Centre, where Ryan James Wedding’s four co-accused are being held.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Mark Bochsler / CBC
American justice accuses his group of having circulated large quantities of cocaine from Colombia to Canada via Mexico, California and elsewhere in the United States.
Federal Crown Prosecutor Kiran Gill represented the US Department of Justice in this hearing.
She explained that the FBI had 90 days to provide the Crown with information on file regarding the extradition of the four individuals.
The parties agreed to return to the Ontario Superior Court on November 13 to set a hearing date on their transfer.
