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FBI Director Kash Patel boasted on X that U.S. agents helped arrest Ryan Wedding in a cross-border operation, prompting Mexican backlash and questions about the raid’s legality. Wedding’s defense attorney argues rights may have been violated and that the arrest was not a voluntary surrender, adding to a political headache for Patel amid broader U.S.–Mexico tensions and scrutiny of his public communications.
Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding was arrested in Mexico City and flown to the U.S. to face charges over a vast cocaine-trafficking operation and alleged murders; FBI Director Kash Patel called him a "modern-day Pablo Escobar" and said the arrest is the 500th capture on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, with about 60 metric tonnes of cocaine moving annually and 36 associates already arrested. He faces charges including witness tampering, murder, money laundering and drug trafficking, with Mexican authorities assisting.
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, previously listed as an FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive with a $15 million reward, was arrested on charges tied to running a transnational drug trafficking network spanning the US, Canada, Mexico and Colombia. Prosecutors allege the operation began around 2011, generated over $1 billion in illegal proceeds, and included ordering multiple killings in retaliation for drug debts. Wedding, who earlier served a prison sentence for cocaine distribution, faces a superseding indictment from 2024 accusing him of running the criminal enterprise and directing murders; NBC first reported the arrest, and authorities had believed he was in Mexico under protection of the Sinaloa cartel.
Mexican authorities, with US and Canadian assistance, seized $40 million worth of motorcycles, luxury items, and drugs from Ryan Wedding, a Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder and alleged major drug trafficker on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, linked to a vast criminal enterprise involving violence and money laundering.
The FBI has released images of seized motorcycles believed to belong to Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder and wanted fugitive involved in transnational drug trafficking, with Mexican authorities seizing assets worth around $40 million linked to him, as part of international cooperation efforts.