{"id":109833,"date":"2025-11-19T20:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/u-s-raises-reward-to-capture-former-canadian-olympian-accused-of-drug-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:31:10","slug":"us-raises-reward-to-capture-former-canadian-olympian-ryan-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/us-raises-reward-to-capture-former-canadian-olympian-ryan-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. raises reward to capture former Canadian Olympian accused of drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States announced Wednesday that it is raising the reward for information leading to the capture of Canadian Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder accused of smuggling drugs from Mexico, from $10 million to $15 million.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Donald Trump Administration imposed financial sanctions against the Canadian, along with nine individuals and nine related companies.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Wedding Reward Increases<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109826\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109826\" src=\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ryan-wedding-fbi.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Wedding, former Canadian Olympic athlete, former Olympic athlete, Canada, Qu\u00e9Onnda\" width=\"1200\" height=\"728\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: FBI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ryan Wedding, who is on the FBI&#8217;s list of the ten most wanted fugitives, represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (Utah, United States).<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/11\/reward-offers-up-to-15-million-for-information-leading-to-arrest-and-or-conviction-of-canadian-narcotics-trafficker-and-up-to-2-million-each-for-assassins-responsible-for-federal-witness-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department<\/a>, after his sports career he turned to drug trafficking and his last known base of operations is Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian police on Tuesday arrested at least seven individuals with ties to Wedding, including a well-known lawyer, Deepak Paradkar, identified on social media as @cocaine_lawyer, who allegedly advised the former Olympian to murder an FBI witness in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Another of those arrested is Atna Onha, 40, who appeared in court in Montreal on Tuesday and whose extradition has been requested by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Although the details of Onha&#8217;s case are sealed, Canadian public broadcaster CBC indicated that his arrest is linked to murder and cocaine trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Wedding) controls one of the most prolific and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. He is currently the largest distributor of cocaine in Canada,&#8221; said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Wedding works closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/ice-arrests-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-for-alleged-ties-to-sinaloa-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinaloa Cartel<\/a> and is responsible for trafficking some 60 tons of Colombian cocaine into Los Angeles each year, using trucks from Mexico, Bondi added.<\/p>\n<p>He is charged in the United States with the crimes of running a criminal enterprise, murder and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor announced new charges against the Canadian for witness intimidation and murder, after a federal witness in the case was killed in 2024 in Medell\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p>This new bounty is announced as U.S. President Donald Trump uses tariffs to pressure his neighbors Mexico and Canada to curb fentanyl trafficking into U.S. territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States announced Wednesday that it is raising the reward for information leading to the capture of Canadian Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder accused of smuggling drugs from Mexico, from $10 million to $15 million. 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