Officials alleged Ryan Wedding, who competed for Team Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics, was the ringleader of a transnational drug trafficking operation.

Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who became one of the world's most wanted fugitives, is now in custody. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest Friday morning in California,

Ryan Wedding, described as a “modern-day Pablo Escobar,” and also compared to “El Chapo” is accused of running a “murderous drug empire,” allegedly shielded by the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.

Authorities say Wedding was a senior figure in a violent drug trafficking network linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.