United States Drug Enforcement Administration

"Multiple agencies and jurisdictions poured their blood, sweat, and tears into dismantling the Wedding Drug Trafficking Organization, and today we have successfully removed the head of the snake.

As the leader of a violent transnational drug trafficking organization, Ryan Wedding oversaw operations spanning from Colombia through Mexico into the United States and Canada. 

This case exposes a hard truth; the Mexican cartels are working with Canadian criminal organizations to fuel a deadly pipeline across North America - driving overdoses, violence, and addiction on both sides of the border.  

Today’s apprehension was made possible by the tireless efforts of numerous agencies including the FBI who led this investigation with the assistance of DEA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District California, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  I also can’t stress enough the invaluable cross-border collaboration with the Government of Mexico and am deeply grateful to our hard-working law enforcement partners in Mexico, Colombia and Canada who played a significant role in Wedding’s return to the United States to face justice for his callous, greed-driven crimes."

Administrator Terrance Cole

Prior Press Releases:

Former Olympian Wanted for Running Transnational Drug Enterprise and Ordering Several Murders Added to FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four Murders