RJan’s wedding, Famous Canadian figure skater That He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics In from Salt Lake City (he finished in 24th place in men’s slalom), he is running Being pursued by the FBI in the so-called ‘Operation zigzag’.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a Search warrant for the 43-year-old former athlete, Which They offer a reward of 50,000 dollars Who shares information that leads to his arrest.
The FBI confirms that Ryan wedding is ” wanted on charges of directing and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely ships hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and elsewhere in the United States.”
The wedding was involved in organizing multiple murders to promote these drug-related crimes
The arrest warrant highlights that ” the wedding was involved in coordinating multiple murders to promote these drug-related crimes.”
Ryan wedding, the ‘boss’ of drug trafficking, was protected by the Sinaloa cartel
The wedding of Ryan, who in the world of drug trafficking used such nicknames as ‘The president’, ‘The giant’ And ‘Public Enemy’He’s part of a criminal organization he’s protecting Sinaloa cartel That He was transporting 60 tons of cocaine a year.
He had already been accused of drug trafficking in Canada in 2015 and in 2010 he was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and sentenced to prison.
“The organization of the wedding led to a series of violent crimes and brutal murders”
Martin EstradaThe US attorney for the Central District of California emphasized that ” an Olympic athlete turned drug smuggler is now accused of leading a transnational organized crime group that was dedicated to cocaine trafficking and murder, even of innocent civilians.”
Matthew Allen, The special agent of the AED, He shared that ” the drug trafficking organization of the wedding and its constant, cruel and greed-motivated crimes have been operating for a very long time, stretching across several countries, from Colombia to Mexico, the United States and Canada. She caused a series of violent crimes, including brutal murders. The wedding, the Olympic skier, went from the tourist slopes to living a life of constant crimes.”
The five serious crimes that Ryan wedding was accused of
On September 17, 2024, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Ryan wedge on five counts: conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances, conspiracy to export cocaine, continuation of a criminal act, murder in connection with an ongoing criminal enterprise and drug-related offenses, attempted murder in connection with an ongoing criminal enterprise and drug-related offenses.
As part of the investigation, officials seized more than a ton of firearms, 255,000 dollars in US currency, 3.2 million dollars in cryptocurrencies, firearms and ammunition.
The authorities stated that The defendants were in possession of cocaine with a value ranging from 23.4 million dollars to 25.2 million dollars.
Ryan’s wedding faces life in prison if caught
For the wedding drug trafficking charge alone, if convicted, he faces at least 10 years in prison.
As for the charges of murder and criminal acts, each of them is punishable by life imprisonment in a federal prison.