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January 23, 2026

Ryan Wedding arrested after manhunt for ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, FBI says

Updated on: January 23, 2026 / 11:03 AM EST / CBS News

Ryan Wedding arrested after manhunt for ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, FBI says

TL;DR

  • Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, has been arrested in Mexico.
  • Wedding is accused of being a drug kingpin and orchestrating multiple murders.
  • He was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
  • Wedding is believed to have run a drug trafficking network moving cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada.
  • He is accused of placing a bounty on a federal witness.
  • Wedding and his second-in-command, Andrew Clark, are accused of ordering the killings of a Canadian family in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment.
  • They are also accused of directing a killing over a drug debt.

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