A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder is wanted in the U.S.
on multiple charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a transnational drug trafficking ring – including the alleged orchestration of a double murder that mistakenly targeted a"completely innocent" family in Ontario, authorities said Thursday.
Wedding, who competed for Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, had been living in Mexico and is considered a fugitive, U.S. authorities said. The FBI is offering a US$50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and extradition to the U.S. "As alleged in the indictment, an Olympic athlete-turned-drug lord is now charged with leading a transnational organized crime group that engaged in cocaine trafficking and murder, including of innocent civilians,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a news release.
But the family was not involved in drug trafficking at all and was"completely innocent," Ontario Provincial Police Deputy Commissioner Marty Kearns told a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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