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Canadian Olympic snowboarder charged in US cocaine-smuggling case

Canadian Olympic snowboarder charged in US cocaine-smuggling case

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Ryan James Wedding, a 43-year-old former snowboarder and Canadian Olympian, is wanted by the FBI for allegedly orchestrating a major cocaine trafficking operation and the murder of an innocent couple. The indictment also names Andrew Clark, 34, as a co-defendant who allegedly directed the murder. Agents raided a luxury mansion near Miami, arresting its owner, Nahim Jorge Bonilla, a music executive and restaurant owner. Wedding is considered a fugitive and the FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and extradition.

Brian McDermott
Ontario Provincial Police
1. We respect and value all of our relationships, and the relationships with our U.S. authorities is equal to that. We will communicate with anybody that can help solve crime and bring people to justice.
2. The information we have is that the murder was ordered. The individual, or individuals, went to that residence, and they shot the wrong people.
3. We collaborated with them, and then it ultimately led to today, the releasing of the fact that there was an indictment and that two individuals have been indicted for murder in furtherance of a criminal organization.
Nick Milinovich
Peel Regional Police
1. We are jointly investigating and continue to investigate those offences with our partners from the Ontario Provincial Police due to the connections of those acts of violence and their connection to Peel. These tragic cases reflect the violence tied to transnational and organized crime and the trafficking of illicit drugs and the firearms that are used to affect that business.
Martin Estrada
US Attorney's Office
1. All of these victims were intentionally shot execution-style so their loved ones could see them murdered.
2. Instead of using the privileges that come with being an Olympic athlete to do good for people, he did the opposite. He chose to become a major drug trafficker and he chose to become a killer.
3. This was a very sophisticated operation. They were operating out of Colombia, Mexico, the United States, and Canada – four different countries, as well as others. And in order to trace all the criminal activity, all the violent crimes to them. It took a great deal of investigation.
4. He chose to become a major drug trafficker, and he chose to become a killer.
5. So, it took a great deal of investigative effort to actually trace all of these attacks to him, personally.
Matthew Allen
US Drug Enforcement Agency
1. Wedding, the Olympian snowboarder, went from navigating slopes to contouring a life of incessant crimes.

Canadian Olympic snowboarder charged in US cocaine-smuggling case

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