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๐โโ SNOWBOARDER TO DRUG LORD: Former Olympian Ryan Wedding Named Top 10 FBI Fugitive
From shredding the slopes to shoving drugs across borders, former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, 43, just got a new title: FBIโs Ten Most Wanted. The feds say heโs runninโ a transnational drug empire and ordered multiple murders ๐ . Wedding, known as โEl Jefeโ or โGiant,โ is wanted for shipping cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and into the U.S. and Canada.
Assistant Director Akil Davis of the FBIโs Los Angeles Field Office dropped the news: "Wedding went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets." The State Department's offerinโ up to $10 million for info leading to his capture, on top of the FBIโs $50,000 reward.
The indictment alleges Wedding and his crew murdered competitors and trafficked hundreds of kilos of coke. If convicted, he faces life in federal prison. The FBIโs askinโ anyone with tips to hit them up at +1-424 495-0614 or online at tips.fbi.gov. Confidentiality guaranteed ๐