Ryan Wedding
Canadian former snowboarder who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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- On the record
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- Latest entry
- Nov 5, 2026
The record
Ryan Wedding, from Thunder Bay, Ontario, represented Canada in snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 24th in the men's parallel giant slalom. His later record is in U.S. federal court. After a November 2009 trial he was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, sentenced to 48 months and released in December 2011, NBC News reported.
On March 6, 2025, the FBI added him to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list as the 535th person named to it, with a State Department reward of up to $10 million. The FBI said he was charged with running a continuing criminal enterprise, murder in connection with it, drug conspiracy and attempted murder, and accused him of shipping cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and of ordering killings.
He was taken into custody in Mexico on the night of January 22, 2026, and flown to California, where officials announced the arrest the next day; by then the reward stood at $15 million. A Mexican official told the Associated Press he had turned himself in. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder and drug charges, and the allegations against him remain unproven.
Roles and honours on the record
Every entry, newest first
- Filed
DOJ says a Mexican judge is charged with taking $2M to free Wedding's second-in-command Andrew Clark. US says Mexican judge took $2M bribe in Ryan Wedding case
- Reported
Pleaded not guilty at his first federal court appearance in Santa Ana, per the Associated Press. US says Mexican judge took $2M bribe in Ryan Wedding case
- Filed
Indictment naming Wedding and others, with witness-tampering and money-laundering conspiracy counts, stamped filed in federal court. US says Mexican judge took $2M bribe in Ryan Wedding case
- Filed
DOJ announces a 16-count superseding indictment charging Wedding and 15 others with cocaine trafficking and murder offenses. US says Mexican judge took $2M bribe in Ryan Wedding case
- Ruled
Found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine after a trial in San Diego, per CNN citing court records. US says Mexican judge took $2M bribe in Ryan Wedding case
Stories in this file
The record, entry by entry
- 2002 Official Wedding competed for Canada in the men's parallel giant slalom at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and finished 24th. Canadian Olympic Committee, athlete profile
- 2009-11 Ruled Wedding was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine after a trial and was sentenced to 48 months in prison; he was released in December 2011, NBC News reported. NBC News report
- 2025-03-06 Official The FBI added Wedding to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list as the 535th addition, with a State Department reward of up to $10 million and an FBI offer of $50,000. It listed charges of continuing criminal enterprise, murder in connection with it, drug conspiracy and attempted murder. FBI Los Angeles Field Office, press release
- 2025-03-06 Reported CTV News reported that Wedding was accused of ordering four murders in Ontario. CTV News report
- 2026-01-22 Reported Wedding was arrested in Mexico and flown to the U.S. FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Los Angeles announced the arrest; the reward for information at that point was $15 million. NBC News report
- 2026-01-23 Reported A Mexican official, speaking anonymously, told the Associated Press that Wedding was the Canadian citizen who had turned himself in. Mexico's security secretary said Patel left the country with two detainees. Associated Press report (PBS NewsHour copy)