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Former Olympic participant, today he is the "modern Pablo Escobar": FBI offers $15 million for his "head"!

2025-12-09 23:46:53Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Ryan Wedding

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who once represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics, is now wanted worldwide as one of the most dangerous figures in organized crime.

On November 19, US officials announced a record $15 million reward for his capture, placing him on the FBI's infamous "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list.

Wedding, born in Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1981, grew up in a family steeped in winter sports. He showed talent for snowboarding from an early age and made the Canadian national team as a teenager. He competed in international tournaments from 1997 to 2002 and competed at the Salt Lake City Olympics, where he finished a disappointing 24th in the parallel giant slalom.

After the Olympics, he left the sport and started a new life in Vancouver. There, according to investigations, he quickly immersed himself in the world of drug trafficking. In 2008, Wedding was arrested in San Diego during an FBI operation, accused of conspiracy to traffic cocaine. In the hotel room where he and his associates were staying, $ 100,000 was seized. Unlike the others, Wedding chose to face trial and in 2009 was found guilty, being sentenced to four years in prison.

However, after his release in 2011, Wedding, according to US prosecutors, expanded his criminal activity to much more dangerous dimensions. In October 2024, an expanded indictment was filed against him, describing him as the leader of a large criminal enterprise, involved in cocaine trafficking, money laundering and contract killings. Investigators say he shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the US to Canada via international transport trucks.

Authorities accuse Wedding of ordering several murders, including the November 2023 execution of two members of a family in Ontario in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment, and the May 2024 murder of another person over drug-related debts. The situation escalated in January 2025, when a federal witness in Colombia was killed in a Medellín restaurant. Wedding allegedly had a bounty on his head, mistakenly believing that eliminating the witness would lead to the charges against him being dropped.

Former Olympic participant, today he is the "modern Pablo Escobar":

In March 2025, the FBI placed Wedding on its most wanted list, calling him “extremely armed and dangerous.” According to US officials, his network trafficked about 60 tons of cocaine a year, while the Treasury Department seized some of his assets, including a rare 2002 Mercedes CLK-GTR Roadster worth $13 million.

“Ryan Wedding is a modern-day version of Pablo Escobar,” said Kash Patel, the FBI director, at a press conference in Washington. “He is responsible for developing a drug trafficking and narcoterrorism program that we haven’t seen in a long time.”

Former Olympic participant, today he is the "modern Pablo Escobar":

Wedding, known by nicknames such as "El Jefe," "El Toro" and "Giant," is believed to be hiding in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa cartel. Meanwhile, the investigation continues and US officials say they have received a lot of information since the increase in the reward, but the former athlete who once competed on snow tracks remains elusive in the international crime ring.

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