Wanted Olympian-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding in custody, sources say

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Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding has been captured, sources confirmed to Fox News on Friday.

Wedding, 44, 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. 

Ryan Wedding, wanted by the FBI, was seen taking a practice run for the men's parallel giant slalom of the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Park City, Feb. 13, 2002. (FBI | REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell)

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

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Wedding and 14 other 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, thinking the victim's death would lead to the dismissal of charges against him and the drug-trafficking ring he allegedly heads, according to an indictment unsealed in November.

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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."

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Canada's Ryan Wedding in the 2002 Olympics. (Tony Marshall/EMPICS via Getty Images)

Just last month, FBI officials confirmed that Mexican authorities seized $40 million in