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The US has raised the reward for Canadian alleged narcotics trafficker Ryan James Wedding to $15 million, with additional $2 million rewards offered for information leading to the arrests of the unknown assassins who murdered a FBI witness last January in MedellĂn, Colombia.
Wedding, who is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, is a snowboarder who represented Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. After his snowboarding career, Wedding turned to a life of crime as a transnational narcotics trafficker.
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FBI's Most Wanted
In a November 19 press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., officials from the US and Canada described Wedding as a "narco-trafficker on par with notorious drug lords like Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Pablo Escobar." US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wedding’s operation was responsible for more than $1 billion a year in illegal drug proceeds."“He controls one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations in this world,” Bondi said, adding that under Wedding’s direction his operation has trafficked 60 metric tons of cocaine per year. “He is the largest distributor of cocaine in Canada.”
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Officials said Wedding is believed to live in Mexico. They say the 44-year-old works with the Sinaloa Cartel there to flood US and Canadian communities with cocaine from Colombia and that the cartel and possibly high level Mexican law enforcement are protecting him.
The US has raised the reward for Canadian alleged narcotics trafficker Ryan Wedding to $15 million, with additional rewards related to the murder of a potential witness. Some of his aliases include James Conrad King, Jesse King, "Giant," "Public Enemy," "Boss," "Buddy," "Grande," "El Jefe," “El Guerro,” and “El Toro.”
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| Seized cocaine belonging to the Wedding organization. |
Ryan James Wedding is wanted for allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada, and also within the United States.
Wedding's Network Sanctioned
The network of the Canadian narco Ryan Wedding allegedly involves a corrupted criminal lawyer, the owner of gang news websites, a former Italian special forces member, a former Mexican police officer, and a Colombian madam.
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| Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado “The General” |
Several key associates have enabled Wedding’s criminal enterprise including Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado, also known as “The General,” who provides protection for Wedding within Mexico and has used law enforcement sources to locate targets for Wedding.
Vazquez is believed to be a former Mexican law enforcement officer with ties to senior Mexican law enforcement officials. "The General," born in Mexico City, also owns several businesses in the country, including a private security firm and two companies dealing in wholesale fuel. Vazquez owns the Mexico-based companies VRG Energeticos S.A. de C.V., Grupo RVG Combustibles S.A. de C.V., and Grupo Ares Imperial S. de R.L. de C.V.
However, he is not named in either of the US indictments targeting Wedding and criminal associates.
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| Miryam Andrea Castillo Moreno |
Miryam Andrea Castillo Moreno is Wedding’s second wife. Castillo launders drug proceeds for Wedding and is responsible for helping conduct acts of violence.
She was born in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Some media reports have said she has familial or other ties to a cartel which has helped insulate Wedding and allowed him to increase his influence in Mexico.
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| Carmen Yelinet Valoyes Florez |
Carmen Yelinet Valoyes Florez is a Colombian national who runs a high-end prostitution ring in Mexico. Valoyes assisted Wedding with the murder of a federal witness in January 2025.
Her network of sex workers was allegedly used to gather intelligence on the witness who was killed. It was through her network, according to the indictment, that the witness was discovered in MedellĂn, Colombia, and shot in the head. Valoyes also introduced Wedding to his Colombian girlfriend, Daniela Alejandra Acuna Macias.
Her network of sex workers was allegedly used to gather intelligence on the witness who was killed. It was through her network, according to the indictment, that the witness was discovered in MedellĂn, Colombia, and shot in the head. Valoyes also introduced Wedding to his Colombian girlfriend, Daniela Alejandra Acuna Macias.
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| Daniela Alejandra Acuna Macias |
Acuna, 23, has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wedding to live a luxurious lifestyle. She has also assisted Wedding in obtaining information on his rivals.
Wedding has laundered his illicit profits through an extensive transatlantic network of businesses and associates, channeling drug proceeds into luxury assets such as cars and motorcycles that are concealed around the world.
Wedding relies on two chief money launderers to manage his complex financial operations: Canadian jeweler Rolan Sokolovski and former Italian special forces member Gianluca Tiepolo.
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| Rolan "The Bookkeeper" Sokolovski |
Sokolovski has overseen bookkeeping for Wedding’s organization and laundered its funds through his jewelry business, 2351885 Ontario Inc, which operates under the trade name Diamond Tsar and has a storefront in downtown Toronto, Ontario.
In addition to using his business as a front for laundering, Sokolovski has transferred millions of dollars in drug proceeds using cryptocurrency, concealing the origins of Wedding’s profits.
Sokolovski allegedly made a bejeweled necklace as a reward for a Canadian hitman.
Sokolovski allegedly made a bejeweled necklace as a reward for a Canadian hitman.
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| Gianluca "The Soldier" Tiepolo |
Tiepolo has worked closely with Sokolovski to procure and manage Wedding’s physical assets, including high-end vehicles, and has held millions of dollars in Wedding’s property under his own name to conceal these assets from authorities. Tiepolo owns two businesses that trade in luxury motorcycles and automobiles: Italy-based Stile Italiano S.R.L. (Stile Italiano) and United Kingdom-based TMR Ltd.
Tiepolo is a former Italian special forces soldier who founded Windrose Tactical Solutions S.R.L.S. (Windrose Tactical), which has operated military-style tactical training camps that have trained many of Wedding’s hitmen.
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| A 2002 Mercedes CLK-GTR, valued by authorities at $13 million, seized by U.S. authorities from the Ryan Wedding organization. |
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Italian citizen Cristian Diana and UK citizen John Anthony Fallon are business associates of Tiepolo. Diana serves as president of the board of directors of both Stile Italiano and Windrose Tactical. Fallon is a director of TMR Ltd. alongside Tiepolo and is also the 50 percent owner and sole director of two UK companies, LMJ Trading Ltd and Made In Italy Motorcycles Limited.
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| Tommy Demorizi is a Montreal trafficker still at large. |
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| Gurpreet Singh was once kidnapped by the Sinaloa Cartel over a $600,000 debt. Wedding and Singh's wife helped gain his release. |
US officials told the court that Gurpreet Singh has "extensive organized crime connections within Dubai, including relationships with members of the Kinahan gang, which is a well-known, violent organized crime group operating throughout the world."
Singh is also accused to have been involved in a scheme to ship stolen high-end cars to Dubai through the port of Montreal. Singh was recorded discussing the arrangement at a meeting last year by the slain key FBI informant at an auto body shop in Ontario.
The same FBI informant flew to meet with Singh in the United Arab Emirates. Now, his attorneys are looking to have the charges in Canada dismissed due to the murder of the key witness.
The elaborate tale of the killing of a former cellmate of Wedding in Colombia will be tracked in Part 2 of this series. The case involves a corrupt criminal lawyer, an online blog site, Colombian sex workers and murdered FBI informant.
Sources La Presse, La Presse, OFAC, Submundo Criminal, US State Dept, DOJ, FBI, Vancouver Sun, Borderland Beat, Global Mail
I don’t understand how this guy is considered the most wanted person in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteWhat guy and who said he's Mexico's most wanted?
Delete$15 million bounty
DeleteHe's worth 15million . Mexican task force love to catch the whites and repatriate them .. as it's illegal for anyone not Mexican to target him in Mexico. Remember when they arrested dog the bounty hunter. Is anyone gonna talk about how Mexican national guard shot a US American yesterday?
Delete9:04 that merican killed by
Deletethe mexican national guard "yesderday" maight have a name, your fucking report has an F- por pendejo(a).
I don't really understand either he moves massive weight but he's no mencho or IAG. Could be that trump really has a hate on for Canada and is trying to justify his dumb tariffs against Canada.
Delete@8:33 @9:04
DeleteThat's not a Mexican bounty. It's from the US. Whether Mencho is alive or not, the same amount is offered from the US.
There's many Canadians in the drug game that get killed in Mexico, they like to hide out there
DeleteThis DOJ Pump that's he the new pablo Escobar has everything to do with Trump's attacks and likely invasion of Venezuela. Wedding had an irainian connection and apparently via Margarita Island, supposed Hezbollah base or playground. Another narco terrorist casas belli. Strange, though, he wasn't named the Osama Bin Laden of narcos...at least, not yet!
DeleteLil nuts Truther snitched!
DeleteThe ridiculous thing is that especially Americans think those Mexicans are making a lot of money from the drug trade. It's a bit of a mistake and naive thought. Of course, they're billionaires. But the really big players are in Europe and Asia. If you think logically, it's been happening in Europe and Asia for centuries.
ReplyDeleteThe big players are everywhere, dumb dumb.
DeleteFool so what r u saying a billion isn't a lot ... U sound bitter about something
Delete8:08 what your victim means is there are a few Billionaire mexican drug traffickers, but the only one is El Chapo, number 701 or so, made proud and famous for his listing in Forbes for propaganda and to induct him into the most wanted list, chapo fell into the trap like a cocksucker, and the real owners are not giving him a chance por pendejo, the fall guy never knows who really stuck it up his ass, even the murder of cardinal posadas ocampo was pinned on him when jorge carpizo, prosecutor general of salinas fixed the hit for president salinas and got his police commander rodolfo leĂłn aragon "el chino leĂłn" and his federales do the job, the only billionaire out of the whole bunch was carlos salinas de gortari, 12 billion dollars he put in his Dow Jones account in exchange for a "vicepresidency" proves who the devil was in Mexico, he also was in the thick of the presidency of De La Madrid when they murdered kiki camarena and was rewarded for his shit with the presidency of Mexico.
DeleteJorge Carpizo got enemies fĂł life arellano felixes crew and el chapo in the airport at the same time to blame them for the murder, the cardinal was like the arellanuses mother's lover and a family friend.
Asia is probably home to the biggest players. Just look at areas like the economic zone in the golden triangle and the massive labs in Myanmar. Tsi Chi Lop was next level.
Delete7:43
DeleteThe largest market for illegal and legal drugs is the US. The "big" players are the South American narco politicians and the US narco banks that NEVER get prosecuted.
1134 yeah your right about the US being the largest market but Asians servicing many markets. I believe the big boys are in Asia. Where do you think they get the chemicals from?
DeleteWow?
ReplyDeleteWell written, enjoying the story. Nice car, Wow! High Rolla‘s.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shit car.
DeleteHis ass is grassed.
ReplyDeleteCanada for being such a small country (50 Million Population) sure has a large amount of Drug Traffickers with world wide connections! I heard the Mexicans liked doing business with the Canadians vs American Groups/Gangs. I bet Wedding is long gone heard he already had plastic surgery and was in Africa.
ReplyDeleteCanada is an immigrant society. Heavy Paki and Indian (the kind with the dot) permeate all aspects of world wide trade.
DeleteHe looks like he is just surfing in MX, fake news, Trump #1
ReplyDeleteIts a lot easier to be a narco trafficker and money launderer on Canada. Just ask the Hells Angels and the Punjabi mafia.
ReplyDeleteJoe Bananas had it tight from Arizona to Canada, and his share of New York too, with secret Mexico on the South.
DeleteAre there any more pictures of Daniela to assist in identifying her?
ReplyDeleteAs long as he stays in Mexico and provides payments to Sheimbaum and her cronies, he will evade justice for years just like Mencho and many others. Mexico is a controlled narco country.
ReplyDeleteI thought the feds could freeze the assets of corporations that are known money launderers and that the business launderers are a priority target of law enforcement in the drug war. Guess I was wrong
ReplyDeleteI ain’t gonna lie, his wife and girlfriend are gorgeous . If there’s one thing he’s gonna miss when it’s all said and done… it’s gonna be beautiful women like the pair he’s got . Enjoy while you can I guess 🤷♂️
ReplyDelete6'7" tall Wedding can be easily seen in Mexico, land of 5' tall people.
ReplyDeleteSIX-SEVEN!!!!????
DeleteChop his feet off.
When are you gonna put out about the 4 Americans crossing to Mexico illegally just to put up 6 signs of military zone? Isn't that more problematic situation than any other cartels. Which by the way. They lost influence. Yes theirs cartels activities going on but they don't have that much influence like they had in the early 2010's. I know that Michoacán and sinaloa still has problems but it's not the whole country of Mexico. Some of the 31 states managed to control the the violence.
ReplyDeleteMexico violence out of control.
DeleteCIA in Mexico gathering intelligence.
9:25 CIA out of control, wherever they go, since its foundation, after WWII, seem to be getting as putrid as henry kissinger that worlwide mass murderer, now a rotting carcass of a dying slug.
DeleteReally 13 million for that car? Can any car people verify that. Canadian criminals have sure flourished under both liberal and conservative party's. The problem is no Rico like laws IMO. I believe there was a reason Ryan chose to go to SFU. Which is a beautiful university might I add. He got all his seed money from growing pot in the early 2000 in BC. Then moved to buying coke in LA and it literally snow balled from there.
ReplyDeleteThe women are 5 or 6s
ReplyDeleteDamn Weddings Italian money launder Cristian Diana is the splitting image of La Mayiza Jefe Juan José Ponce Félix or El Ruso!
ReplyDeletei swear i seen this guy at the bogota airport back in october wearing a cowboy hat and shades
ReplyDeletemencho should be at $25 million
ReplyDeleteThis is the best and most informative organized breakdown I have seen
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