Justice Department and FBI officials held a press conference to announce the unsealing of a sweeping federal indictment against former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. Wedding, now alleged to be a drug trafficking kingpin operating from Mexico, faces charges including running a cross-border cocaine smuggling network, money laundering, and orchestrating the murder of a key witness. Authorities detailed how Wedding—once celebrated for his athletic career—allegedly led a syndicate that routed hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States and Canada, and issued deadly orders to silence opposition.
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