A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of heading a transnational drug trafficking operation is wanted in connection with a double homicide in Ontario last year, law enforcement officials say.
Ryan James Wedding, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and fellow Canadian Andrew Clark, are accused of orchestrating the murders of two family members in Caledon, Ont., last November “in retaliation” for a stolen drug shipment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced at an Oct. 17 press conference.
The men, who now live in Mexico, are two of 16 defendants identified in a superseding indictment that alleges the suspects are part of a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Canada….