A Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin is arrested in Mexico

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An image of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who was a fugitive and had been charged with allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video monitor along with bricks of cocaine, foreground, during an October 2024 news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles.

Ryan Wedding was among the FBI's top fugitives and faces charges related to drug trafficking and the killing of a federal witness. He reportedly turned himself in at the U.S. embassy in Mexico

(Image credit: Damian Dovarganes)

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