Accused accomplice in former Olympian's alleged $1 billion cocaine ring faces federal charges in US

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An accused accomplice in a $1 billion drug ring allegedly led by former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been brought to the U.S. from Mexico to face federal charges, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday in a release provided to Fox News Digital. 

Andrew Clark, 34, a Canadian citizen who was living in Mexico, was arrested by Mexican authorities in October 2024 and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Arizona. 

"The defendant, as described in the superseding indictment, played a key role in running a violent, international drug trafficking organization that was responsible for multiple murders," Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally said in Friday's announcement. 

"We are grateful to have him in the United States where he will face justice. When law enforcement officials around the globe work together, there is nowhere criminals can hide."

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An image of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, 43, who is a fugitive and has been charged with running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video monitor along with bricks of cocaine, foreground, during a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Clark's aliases include "The Dictator," and he allegedly controlled a $1 billion drug enterprise with supply routes that transported tons of cocaine from Colombia to Canada by way of Mexico and Southern California.  

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Cocaine (Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty