FBI fugitive Ryan Wedding’s $40M in motorcycles seized in Mexico, officials say

FBI officers in Los Angeles mentioned there have been $40 million value of bikes believed to be owned by former Canadian Olympic Snowboarder and FBI fugitive Ryan Marriage ceremony was captured in a collection of arrests by Mexican authorities in December.

Officers revealed the seizures in a social media submit Wednesday, greater than a month after Marriage ceremony confronted further costs, and elevated the reward for his arrest to $15 million.

Ryan Marriage ceremony of Canada takes a observe run for the lads’s parallel big slalom on the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics in Park Metropolis, Feb. 13, 2002. (Reuters/Jeff J Mitchell)

Marriage ceremony is on the FBI’s 10 most needed fugitives checklist.

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“This month, Mexican authorities executed a number of search warrants and seized numerous bikes with an estimated worth of roughly $40 million USD, believed to be owned by FBI Ten Most Needed Fugitive Ryan James Marriage ceremony,” the announcement mentioned.

“Marriage ceremony is needed for allegedly directing and collaborating in a transnational drug trafficking operation and for his alleged involvement in orchestrating a number of murders in furtherance of drug crimes. The U.S. is providing a reward of as much as $15 million for info resulting in his arrest and/or conviction.”

Officers revealed the seizures in a social media submit Wednesday, greater than a month after Marriage ceremony confronted further costs, and elevated the reward for his arrest to $15 million. (FBI)

Marriage ceremony, 44, and 14 different alleged associates have been accused of orchestrating the January 2025 homicide of a witness who was shot and killed at a restaurant in Colombia. Officers mentioned Marriage ceremony positioned a bounty on the sufferer’s head, believing the sufferer’s demise would result in the dismissal of costs in opposition to him and the drug smuggling ring he allegedly leads.

The FBI has described Marriage ceremony as an “extraordinarily violent felony believed answerable for the homicide of quite a few folks overseas.”

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“You possibly can’t change into a drug lord and keep away from the legislation,” FBI Director Kash Patel mentioned at a press convention final month. “Make no mistake. Ryan Marriage ceremony is a modern-day model of Pablo Escobar. He’s a modern-day model of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman. This Division of Justice and this FBI will work with our Canadian counterparts and authorities officers around the globe to deliver him to justice.”

Marriage ceremony is allegedly answerable for smuggling tons of cocaine by Colombia and Mexico to be distributed within the US and Canada, and makes use of cryptocurrency to cover his wealth. The FBI has mentioned Marriage ceremony ordered dozens of killings in North America and Latin America.

Officers revealed the seizures in a social media submit Wednesday, greater than a month after Marriage ceremony confronted further costs, and elevated the reward for his arrest to $15 million. (FBI)

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He competed within the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake Metropolis after lacking the 1998 Video games. They have been the one Olympic Video games by which he participated.

Fox Information Digital’s Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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