Nahim Jorge Bonilla, left, is facing one U.S. federal charge related to an alleged cocaine distribution conspiracy, led by former Team Canada Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding.
A Montreal landlord arrested last month in a pre-dawn raid on a Florida mansion has pleaded not guilty, after U.S. prosecutors said he shipped 20 kilograms of methamphetamine to repay a drug debt to ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding. A CBC News review of public records sheds new light on the dramatic case.Nahim Jorge Bonilla, left, is facing one U.S. federal charge related to an alleged cocaine distribution conspiracy that prosecutors say was led by former Team Canada Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding.
Previously a Montreal bar owner, Bonilla relocated to the Miami area after a series of arsons at his home and a 2019 shooting outside a house that property records show was registered to his mother. His name still appears as the landlord for a penthouse apartment in Montreal's entertainment district, recently put up for sale for $797,000.
Bonilla, whose aliases include "The One" and "$," was arrested by FBI agents at his Aventura, Fla., home on Oct. 16. In aposted online, a loud bang is heard outside the waterfront mansion, and a voice over loudspeaker tells Bonilla in Spanish to come out with his hands up.According to his LinkedIn profile, Bonilla is the CEO of record label Ruido Callejero Music, and the owner of Mandrake Miami, a nightclub and restaurant currently listed on Google as temporarily closed.
On June 20, Bonilla allegedly sent the confidential source a photo to confirm he had organized a 20-kilogram shipment of methamphetamine to Laval to repay the rest of his debt.report U.S. attorney Martin Estrada, right at podium, joined by U.S. and Canadian officials, announces federal charges and arrests of alleged members of a transnational drug trafficking operation, during a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, on Oct. 17. Bonilla, who remains in custody in Los Angeles, is scheduled to stand trial in May with at least three other co-defendants.
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