Former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding has been placed on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list for allegedly running an intercontinental drug ring.
The FBI announced Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved a $10 million reward for his capture. Wedding, who competed in snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics, is accused of smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and the U.S. into Canada.
Authorities also allege Wedding arranged multiple murders and an attempted assassination. He faces federal charges, including drug trafficking, conspiracy, and murder in connection with a criminal enterprise.
The FBI is offering an additional $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Wedding, who is 6’3″ and 240 pounds, is known by aliases including “El Jefe,” “Giant,” and “Public Enemy.”
One of his alleged associates, Andrew Clark, was arrested in October and is set to be arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Arizona.