Olympic snowboarder wanted by FBI for cocaine distribution and murder

• Ryan Wedding, 43, accused of running cocaine ring
• Wedding competed for Canada at 2002 Winter Games

A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the Americas and killed four people, authorities said Thursday.

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and extradition of Ryan James Wedding, a Canadian citizen who was living in Mexico and is considered a fugitive. The 43-year-old is charged in the United States with running a criminal enterprise, murder, conspiring to distribute cocaine and other crimes, US prosecutors said.