{"id":7546,"date":"2026-01-23T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:06:05","slug":"ryan-wedding-arrest-video-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=7546","title":{"rendered":"Former Olympian Arrested on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"site-content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->Former Olympian Arrested on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<div class=\"css-1g7y0i5 e1drnplw0\"><button tabindex=\"100\" class=\"css-1rtlxy\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"close\"><svg width=\"60\" height=\"60\" viewbox=\"0 0 60 60\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"30\" cy=\"30\" r=\"30\" fill=\"white\" fill-opacity=\"0.9\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M38.4844 20.1006L39.8986 21.5148L21.5138 39.8996L20.0996 38.4854L38.4844 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5156 20.1006L20.1014 21.5148L38.4862 39.8996L39.9004 38.4854L21.5156 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-18ow4sz e1drnplw2\">\n<div aria-labelledby=\"modal-title\" role=\"region\">\n<header class=\"css-1bzlfz\">\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"css-1igvuto\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/header>\n<div class=\"css-uzyn7p\">\n<div class=\"css-1vxywau\">\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">Former Olympian Arrested on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">F.B.I. agents arrested Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, in Mexico on Thursday. Mr. Wedding is accused of smuggling cocaine into the United States and hiring a hitman to kill an F.B.I informant. The ex-snowboarder is expected to appear in court on Monday.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<dl class=\"css-p98d0w\">\n<dt class=\"css-xx7kwh\"\/>\n<dd class=\"css-4gvq6l\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">He went from an Olympic snowboarder to the largest narcotrafficker in modern times. Military and law enforcement officers in Mexico worked hand in glove with our teams on the ground there to apprehend, last night in Mexico City, Ryan Wedding. This individual and his organization and the Sinaloa cartel poured narcotics into the streets of North America, and killed too many of our youth and corrupted too many of our citizens. And that ends today.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"css-jgknzh\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-p5izi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1h4tnhd\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-j5i4vc\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.2.14-CnxAEwcy.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.2.14-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.2.14-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A poster with two photos of a person wanted by the F.B.I. is shown near a lectern. \" src=\"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Former-Olympian-Arrested-on-Drug-Trafficking-and-Murder-Charges.jpg\" data-testid=\"betamax-poster\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_poster_13tnt_20\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.2.14-DTyJF-yz.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/scrubber-0.2.14-allGBXvP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.2.14-C_YVzzUG.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1msb6m0\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">F.B.I. agents arrested Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, in Mexico on Thursday. Mr. Wedding is accused of smuggling cocaine into the United States and hiring a hitman to kill an F.B.I informant. The ex-snowboarder is expected to appear in court on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Jorge Mitssunaga<\/p>\n<p>January 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: Former Olympian Arrested on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges transcript Back transcript Former Olympian Arrested on Drug Trafficking and Murder Charges F.B.I. agents arrested Ryan Wedding, a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":788,"featured_media":7547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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