The US government announced a $10 million reward on March 6, 2025, for Ryan Wedding, a 43-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, who is accused of masterminding a large drug trafficking network and multiple murders.
Named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, the Wedding’s Ryan Wedding reward marks a high-stakes manhunt announced by FBI LA’s Akil Davis in Westwood.
🚨 The #FBI has named Ryan James Wedding to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List. Wedding is wanted for his alleged involvement in a large-scale transnational drug trafficking operation and orchestrating multiple murders linked to his criminal enterprise: https://t.co/VD2Z9BLu5F pic.twitter.com/jV1796iMGu
— FBI (@FBI) March 6, 2025Wedding, who raced in the 2002 Salt Lake City Giant Slalom, allegedly ran a cocaine pipeline pumping hundreds of kilos from Colombia through Mexico into Canada and the US.
The FBI claims he ordered killings to tighten his grip, two in Ontario in November 2023 over a lost shipment, and another in May 2024 over a drug debt. A June 2024 California indictment nailed him and deputy Andrew Clark, 34, for trafficking, murder, and racketeering, with September’s update roping in 14 more suspects.
Ryan Wedding’s Path From Olympic Athlete to Drug Lord
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— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 7, 2025The State Department’s $10 million joins the FBI’s $50,000 bounty, turbocharging efforts with Canada and Mexico to snag Wedding. “He’s a ghost now ruthless and on the run,” Davis said. The Ryan Wedding reward amps up pressure on a once-celebrated athlete turned alleged crime lord, whose empire’s violence stunned authorities.
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The Ryan Wedding reward fuses Olympic fame with narco infamy $10 million signals a no-holds-barred chase.
