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Canadian former Olympian Ryan Wedding, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the United States and who is compared to Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, was arrested, reported the American television network NBC News this Friday.
"Ryan James Wedding fue detenido en México anoche. Está siendo trasladado de México a Estados Unidos a través del FBI para enfrentar la justicia", anunció en un comunicado el director de la agencia policial, Kash Patel, quien se encuentra en México para reunirse con el secretario mexicano de Seguridad Pública, Omar García Harfuch.
¿Por qué arrestaron a Ryan Wedding, exolímpico canadiense en Salt Lake City 2002?
In November 2025, U.S. authorities increased the reward for information leading to the capture of Wedding—who represented Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (Utah, United States) in snowboarding—from $10 million to $15 million.
En noviembre de 2025, las autoridades estadounidenses incrementaron de 10 a 15 millones de dólares la recompensa por información que facilitara la captura de Wedding, quien representó a Canadá en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 2002 en Salt Lake City (Utah, Estados Unidos) en la modalidad de 'snowboard'.
FBI Director Kash Patel stated during a press conference at the time that Wedding was one of the worst drug traffickers in North America.
"Make no mistake, Ryan Wedding is the modern version of Pablo Escobar. He is the modern version of 'El Chapo' Guzmán," he affirmed.
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For her part, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that "Wedding is a former Canadian Olympian who is now the leader of a transnational criminal organization," which moves 60 tons of cocaine into the United States each year.
¿Quién ese Ryan Wedding, exatleta olímpico comparado con "El Chapo" Guzmán?
Wedding went from being an Olympic athlete in 2002 to being arrested and sentenced in 2010 to 48 months in prison for attempting to transport 24 kilos of cocaine from San Diego, California, to Canada.
After serving his sentence, Wedding was extradited in 2011 to Canada, where he attempted to organize the transport of tons of drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel, the organization of 'El Chapo' Guzmán.
When he was about to be arrested by the Canadian police, Wedding fled to Mexico, from where he ordered the murder of several people and directed his drug trafficking network.
[Publicidad]