‘Olympic athlete-turned-drug lord’ accused of ordering murders for Mexican cartel-linked drug ring

Inset: Ryan Wedding. Background: A photo of suspects accused in an international drug ring and drugs seized (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File).

Inset: Ryan Wedding. Background: A photo of suspects accused in an international drug ring and drugs seized (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File).

An “Olympic athlete-turned-drug lord” is being sought in a Mexican cartel-linked drug trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to the United States and Canada and orchestrated multiple murders as part of the operation.

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to Ryan James Wedding, 43, a Canadian citizen living in Mexico, whose nicknames are “El Jefe” and “Public Enemy.”

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