JUST NOW: FBI Director Kash Patel is laying the HAMMER OF JUSTICE on ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding — he WILL be found!
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1991182379541479472/video/1… “You do NOT get to be a drug kingpin and evade the law!” “This Justice Department and this FBI will work with our Canadian counterparts and the government officials across the world to bring him to JUSTICE."
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He expanded his operation when he joined up with Iranian and Russian
cocaine smugglers.
[6][8] In 2010, he was convicted of attempting to buy cocaine from a U.S. government agent in 2008, for which he was sentenced to four years in prison.
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On 17 October 2024, Wedding was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with "leading a transnational organized crime group that engaged in cocaine trafficking and murder, including of innocent civilians". He is charged with multiple felonies, including drug trafficking, leading a criminal organization, three counts of murder, and one attempt to commit murder. He is currently a fugitive.
[12][13] He was one of sixteen people to be charged as part of operation Giant Slalom in a joint investigation by several federal agencies.
[14] The murders in which Wedding is accused of having carried out were of Jagtar Sidhu, 57, his wife, Harbhajan Sidhu, 55 and Mohammed Zafar, 39. The Sidhus were killed in November 2023, while Zafar was killed in May 2024.
[15] Wedding is believed to have ordered the murders alongside Andrew Clark, who has been charged with the April 2024 murder of Randy Fader, 29.
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According to authorities, since his release, Wedding fled to
Mexico and became a high-ranking member of the
Sinaloa Cartel (Mexico's largest
drug cartel), where he is known by the nicknames "El Jefe", "Giant" or "Public Enemy".
[17][18] The alleged second-in-command of Wedding's trafficking ring was arrested in Mexico in October 2024.
[19][20] On 6 March 2025, Wedding was added to the
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list,
[3][21] replacing
Alexis Flores.
[3] The FBI is offering a reward of up to fifteen million United States dollars for his capture.
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