So talented was Ryan Wedding that he gained a spot on Canada’s national ski team aged just 15. Three decades later, the 44-year-old – whose nicknames include “El Jefe,” meaning “The Boss,” and “Giant” – has been described by the FBI as the most dangerous and prolific drug dealer since Pablo Escobar. Wedding stands accused of ordering a hit on a witness and hiring assassins to murder rival traffickers, earning him a place on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list of fugitives. He is now holed up in Mexico under the protection of the country’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, US investigators say.
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