"Give Me the Easiest One First." A Young US-Canadian Hitman Received "Military Training" in Mexico to Do Wedding's Dirty Work

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A small-time Toronto criminal was recruited by cartel figures, flown to Mexico for “military training,” and then sent to target a hit list of enemies of a cross-border drug ring led by a fugitive ex-Olympic snowboarder, a new set of FBI documents claim.

According to authorities, it "all came to light by chance when a local Ontario police force conducted a traffic stop and seized a single white iPhone."

The documents, being presented in a Toronto court, offer the clearest picture yet of the U.S. investigation into a murderous drug-trafficking organization allegedly run by former Canadian Olympian Ryan James Wedding and his second-in-command, Andrew Clark who is now in U.S. custody following his recent arrest in Mexico and extradition.

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Olympic Snowboarder Ryan James Wedding Added to FBI 10 Most Wanted List with $10 Million Reward After Key FBI Informant Killed

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The United States Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Ryan James Wedding.

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 other locations in the United States.

The decision for the US to increase the reward from the FBI's initial $50,000 reward comes just days after one of Wedding’s right-hand men was linked to the Kinahan Cartel in documents filed by US attorneys in a Canadian court. 

Also revealed in Canada was that Wedding helped negotiate the release of a fellow Canadian trafficker who owed a drug debt to the Sinaloa Cartel and that a key FBI informant and likely the witness to testify against Wedding was killed in Colombia at the end of January.

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Olympic Snowboarder, Nightclub Owner Among Those Charged with Trafficking Cocaine from Mexico to Canada

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A manhunt is on for former Olympian Ryan James Wedding, 43, and the FBI is offering $50,000 for information leading to his arrest. His drug trafficking partner, Canadian Andrew Clark was arrested in Mexico on an Interpol warrant two weeks ago. Wedding is also believed to have been residing in Mexico and is considered armed and dangerous by US authorities.

As part of the takedown of the drug trafficking network, raids were conducted at a $15 million mansion in Miami, Florida, formerly owned by DJ Khaled and currently resided by Nahim Jorge Bonilla, a music business exec and co-owner of local nightclub and restaurant Mandrake. Bonilla was arrested at the mansion.

Wedding and Clark are also being charged with the mistaken identity murder of an Indian Sikh couple visiting their children in Canada and two other murders related to drug trafficking tons of cocaine from Mexico, into California and then placed on long haul trucks to Canada.

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