Ryan Wedding controls a drug trafficking organization.
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Power & PoliticsOct 21, 2026
Multiple primary and tier1 sources (DOJ, FBI, Treasury, State Department, DEA, AP, Reuters) describe Ryan Wedding as the leader of a transnational cocaine trafficking organization, which the claim's core assertion matches.
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In 2002, Ryan Wetting was an Olympic snowboarder at the top of his game. Ryan's style is really gunned and gold, and in less than a minute, it slipped away, but he continued to chase the high. Right, Ryan James Wedding? He controls one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in this world. I'm Michelle Sheppard, and from CBC Podcasts and the Toronto Star, The Most Wanted Olympian. Available now. This is a CBC podcast. Hey, David here. Are you looking to make sense of this chaotic time in Canadian politics? …
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Supports. The State Department and DEA describe Wedding as heading or leading a transnational drug trafficking organization that moved cocaine from South America to the US and Canada.[2][3]
Supports. The DOJ and FBI charged Wedding with running a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to distribute cocaine, with the organization described as a criminal drug enterprise.[4][5]
Supports. Treasury sanctioned Wedding as a notorious narcotrafficker who continues to direct drug trafficking from Mexico, and Reuters reports he was charged with leading a transnational drug trafficking network.[1][6]
Context. Wedding was arrested in Mexico City in January 2026 and transferred to US custody, pleading not guilty; the allegations are charges, not adjudicated findings.[1][2]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 primary
- 1Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to US drug ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Ryan James Wedding (Captured)state.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3DEA Administrator Terrance Cole on the Capture of Ryan ...dea.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 416 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk ...fbi.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Office of Public Affairs | 10 Arrested in Federal Indictment ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6Treasury Sanctions Former Canadian Olympian and ...home.treasury.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
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