2002 Salt Lake Olympian now on FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — An Olympian who competed in the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics is now on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list.

Ryan James Wedding, 43, 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. Additionally, it is alleged that Wedding was involved in orchestrating multiple murders in furtherance of these drug crimes," FBI officials said.

He has been wanted by the FBI since October, but just recently entered the Top 10 Most Wanted.

Wedding is a Canadian citizen, and officials believe he may be residing in Mexico.

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The FBI is offering up to $10 million in rewards for information leading to Wedding's arrest and/or conviction.

Wedding was ranked #24 in snowboarding during the Parallel Giant Slalom in the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. According to the Olympics website, the 2002 Olympics were the only games he participated in.

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