Attorneys for Ryan Wedding are plotting to challenge the 'legality' of the mysterious detention of the former Olympic snowboarder-turned alleged drug kingpin, the Daily Mail has been told. Wedding, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics, is accused of leading a billion-dollar drug-smuggling operation and orchestrating several murders. 'If there were facts suggesting US agents physically conducted a detention in Mexico contrary to Mexican law... it could complicate diplomacy and create litigation friction,' he told the Daily Mail. '[But] US courts generally don’t dismiss a case just because the defendant claims the arrest abroad violated foreign law. The former Olympic snowboarder is due back in court on February 11 ahead of a trial which is initially slated to begin in March.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2026 14:58 UTC