Former Olympic athlete Ryan Wedding, dubbed the 'El Chapo of the 21st century,' was assassinated in Medellín. Wedding, who represented Canada in snowboarding at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, became one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the United States. His criminal empire is believed by authorities to distribute 60 tons of cocaine annually to the U.S. After being extradited to Canada in 2011, Wedding attempted to organize drug transportation for the Sinaloa Cartel. As the Canadian police were about to arrest him, he fled to Mexico. From there, he allegedly ordered the 2018 murder of one of his collaborators in Montreal, fearing he had become a police informant. Wedding was shot and killed in Medellín on January 31, 2025, just before his organization's trial was set to begin. His transformation from a star athlete to one of the world's most dangerous drug lords is a story fit for a Hollywood movie.
