The FBI is now focusing its efforts on central Mexico in its search for former Canadian Olympian-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding.
The FBI has accused Wedding of heading a transnational drug trafficking operation and arranging multiple murders, and has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. The U.S. State Department is offering a reward of up to US$10 million for information leading to Wedding’s capture.
“The FBI believes Wedding is in Mexico and under cartel protection,” FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said in an Aug. 8 email to the Epoch Times.
Eimiller said it’s believed that individuals in the state of Mexico, which surrounds the capital, Mexico City, have information on Wedding’s whereabouts. The FBI has launched a social media campaign targeting the area in an effort to elicit tips….