2026年1月27日 美国东部时间上午6:29 / 路透社
加利福尼亚州圣安娜1月26日电（路透社）- 曾代表加拿大参加奥运会的单板滑雪运动员瑞安·韦丁（Ryan Wedding）被控沦为杀人可卡因贩毒集团头目，他于周一对美国大陪审团两项起诉书中的全部17项重罪指控不认罪。
44岁的韦丁在加利福尼亚州圣安娜的美国地区法院听证会上认罪，他此前在墨西哥城被捕，并由联邦调查局关押后被送往美国，并且多年来一直处于逃亡状态。
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美国治安法官约翰·厄尔利（John Early）下令将韦丁继续关押在联邦拘留所，不设保释金，等待进一步诉讼。案件定于2月11日举行状态会议，初步审判日期定为3月24日。
韦丁被指控与墨西哥锡那罗亚贩毒集团勾结，领导一个跨国贩毒网络，将数百公斤可卡因从哥伦比亚经墨西哥运往美国和加拿大。
图片： 2026年1月23日，在美国加利福尼亚州安大略国际机场，加拿大前奥运单板滑雪运动员瑞安·韦丁被联邦调查局特工押解着戴着手铐抵达，这是从视频中截取的画面。（FBI/Handout via REUTERS）获取使用许可，打开新标签页
他曾登上联邦调查局的”十大通缉犯”名单，美国政府悬赏1500万美元，以获取导致他被捕或定罪的线索。
韦丁被捕后不久，联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）将这名前运动员描述为”现代最大的毒贩”，并将其与华金·古兹曼（Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman）和巴勃罗·埃斯科瓦尔（Pablo Escobar）等臭名昭著的毒枭相提并论。
韦丁曾代表加拿大参加2002年盐湖城冬奥会，他被指控犯有17项重罪，包括共谋分销可卡因、共谋谋杀和共谋妨碍证人作证。
美国司法部称，检察官指控他下令实施多起与毒品有关的谋杀，包括2025年1月一名美国政府线人在哥伦比亚被杀害，而该线人原本要在针对韦丁的案件中作证。
如果被判犯有最严重的指控，韦丁可能面临终身监禁。
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Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to US drug charges
January 27, 2026 6:29 AM UTC / Reuters
SANTA ANA, California, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of turning to a life of crime as a murderous cocaine-trafficking kingpin, pleaded not guilty on Monday to all 17 felony charges against him in two U.S. grand jury indictments.
Wedding, 44, entered his plea during an arraignment in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, several days after he was arrested in Mexico City and flown to the United States in FBI custody, following years on the run.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge John Early ordered Wedding to remain held in federal custody without bond pending further proceedings. A status conference in the case was set for February 11, with a preliminary trial date set for March 24.
Wedding is accused of leading a transnational drug trafficking network in conjunction with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel to transport hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the United States and Canada.
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Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin linked to multiple drug-related murders, is escorted by FBI agents as he arrives handcuffed at Ontario International Airport, in California, U.S., January 23, 2026, in this screengrab taken from video. FBI/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
He was on the FBI’s “Top 10 Most Wanted” list, with the U.S. government having offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
Shortly after Wedding’s arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel described the former athlete as “the largest narco-trafficker in modern times,” comparing him with such notorious drug lords as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Pablo Escobar.
Wedding, who competed for Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, was charged with 17 counts of various felonies, including conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to tamper with a witness.
Prosecutors have accused him of ordering several drug-related killings, including that of a U.S. government witness slain in Colombia in January 2025 before he could testify against Wedding, the U.S. Justice Department said.
If convicted of the most serious charges against him, Wedding could face a sentence of life in prison.
Reporting by Sarah Mills and Arafat Barbakh in Santa Ana, California, and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Scott Malone, Rosalba O’Brien and Christopher Cushing
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