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FBI's Most Wanted: Olympic Snowboarder Arrested in Mexico

1/23/2026

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Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, was arrested in Mexico after his FBI Most Wanted listing began in March 2025.
He faces charges for a drug trafficking organization that allegedly smuggled cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. and orchestrated multiple murders.
The FBI described him as violent, and authorities had offered a $15 million reward.
His arrest comes weeks before Winter Olympics in Italy, where he competed in 2002.

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Story summary

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, was arrested in Mexico after his FBI Most Wanted listing began in March 2025.
He faces charges for a drug trafficking organization that allegedly smuggled cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. and orchestrated multiple murders.
The FBI described him as violent, and authorities had offered a $15 million reward.
His arrest comes weeks before Winter Olympics in Italy, where he competed in 2002.