# Cartel boss helped Olympian traffic drugs, evade capture, U.S. says

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2 outlets covering · First listed: CBS News, Nov 11, 2026, 8:12 AM · Read it: <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryan-wedding-cartel-drug-trafficking-mexico/>

A cartel boss bribed Mexican public officials to help Olympian Ryan Wedding avoid capture while running a multinational drug trafficking organization, the Department of Justice said.

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In the order they published:

- Nov 10, 2026, 10:41 PM: [Fugitive gang member helped Olympian run drug cartel and evade arrest, feds allege](<https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-11-10/fugitive-helped-olympian-run-drug-cartel-evade-arrest-feds-allege>) — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States)
  A South L.A. gang member in Mexico helped Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding run a billion-dollar drug cartel and dodge law enforcement, prosecutors said Tuesday.
- Nov 11, 2026, 8:12 AM: [Cartel boss helped Olympian traffic drugs, evade capture, U.S. says](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryan-wedding-cartel-drug-trafficking-mexico/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States)
  A cartel boss bribed Mexican public officials to help Olympian Ryan Wedding avoid capture while running a multinational drug trafficking organization, the Department of Justice said.