Ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding arrives in US, escorted off plane in cuffs by FBI after Mexico capture

Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding is escorted by FBI officials after being captured in Mexico on alleged drug trafficking charges. (Credit: FBI)

Former Team Canada Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who allegedly ran a transnational drug ring and orchestrated multiple murders, was seen on video being escorted by law enforcement after being captured by the FBI Friday. 

Wedding was escorted in handcuffs off of a plane as he landed in Southern California at Ontario International Airport in San Bernardino County surrounded by FBI agents. 

He will face federal charges.

​​Wedding, 44, surrendered to authorities after a period of negotiations, sources confirmed to Fox News. While the specific terms of that agreement were not known, sources indicated that the one-time Olympian turned himself in after facing mounting pressure that left him unable to continue fleeing from U.S. authorities. 

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The FBI has described Wedding as an "extremely violent criminal believed to be responsible for the murder of numerous people abroad."

Wedding was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list in March 2025 and is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking network that "routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and other locations in the United States," according to the FBI. 

He is also accused of orchestrating multiple murders and attempted murder as a part of his drug trafficking operation. 

Wedding and 14 alleged associates were specifically accused of orchestrating the January 2025 murder of a witness who was shot and killed at a restaurant in Colombia. He allegedly placed a bounty on the victim’s head,