Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and longtime FBI Most Wanted fugitive, has been arrested, U.S. officials announced Friday.
The 44-year-old is accused of leading a transnational drug trafficking operation that moved massive quantities of cocaine from Colombia through the U.S. and into Canada. Prosecutors also allege Wedding ordered multiple murders tied to the criminal enterprise.
Authorities said Wedding was taken into custody in Mexico after surrendering to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City following weeks of negotiations. He was flown to the United States and is expected to make his first federal court appearance on Monday.
Wedding competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics before investigators say he became a major figure in organized crime.
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