Ryan Wedding, ex-Olympic snowboarder, enters not guilty plea in drug smuggling case
January 26, 2026
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as posted by the channelRyan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder who landed on the FBI’s "Most Wanted," appeared in a California court on Monday. Wedding, 44, was taken into custody on Friday and is accused of running a drug trafficking operation. Officials have said he also orchestrated several killings to further the alleged drug crimes. Wedding has been accused of importing 60 metric tons of cocaine annually, and the FBI was reportedly offering a $15 million reward for his capture at one point.
"At my direction, Department of Justice agents @FBI have apprehended yet another member of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List: Ryan Wedding, the onetime Olympian snowboarder-turned alleged violent cocaine kingpin. Wedding was flown to the United States where he will face justice," Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on social media.
Wedding, whose aliases include "El Jefe," "Giant," "Public Enemy," "James Conrad King," and "Jesse King," is accused of running a network that trafficked cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and other U.S. locations.
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