Canada Olympian charged with drug trafficking, orchestrating murders

A one-time Olympic snowboarder was charged by federal prosecutors for operating a world drug trafficking ring that shipped a whole lot of kilos of cocaine into the US and was concerned in “orchestrating a number of murders.”

The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace within the Central District of California introduced the costs Thursday for 43-year-old Ryan James Wedding ceremony, a Canada native who’s believed to be in Mexico and a fugitive. The eight costs embrace homicide, legal enterprise, in addition to conspiring to own, distribute and export cocaine.

Prosecutors allege Wedding ceremony’s operation shipped cocaine from Colombia via Mexico and the Los Angeles space earlier than it was delivered all through the US and Canada by way of long-haul semi-trucks. With aliases that embrace “El Jefe,” “Large” and “Public Enemy,” Wedding ceremony’s group “resorted to violence – together with a number of murders – to realize its goals,” officers mentioned.