Mexican authorities this month seized dozens of motorcycles believed to belong to Ryan Wedding, the FBI confirmed on Monday when it released images of the property. Ryan Wedding is a former Olympic skier turned drug lord.
The 44-year-old Canadian citizen is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list and is wanted for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking operation that shipped cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and Southern California to Canada and other locations, according to the FBI.
@FBILosAngeles/X – Photo: The Los Angeles FBI released an image on December 29, 2025, showing impounded motorcycles allegedly belonging to fugitive Ryan Wedding.
Mexican authorities this month “seized a large number of motorcycles” worth an estimated $40 million that are believed to belong to fugitives, the Los Angeles FBI said in a statement on social media on Monday, along with multiple photos of the motorcycles.
The FBI in Los Angeles said the FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Mexican authorities worked together to make the “successful seizure.”
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Last week, Mexican officials announced the seizure of “items related to a former Olympic athlete who is one of the 10 most wanted fugitives by U.S. authorities,” but they did not identify Vidi specifically.
The items included 62 “high-end” motorcycles, two cars, artwork, two Olympic medals, drugs and other items, according to Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Civil Protection.
@FBILosAngeles/X – Photo: The Los Angeles FBI released an image on December 29, 2025, showing impounded motorcycles allegedly belonging to fugitive Ryan Wedding.
The items were seized from four properties in Mexico City and Mexico State during the execution of search warrants, the agency said. The agency said it was committed to “strengthening international cooperation to stop perpetrators of violence and combat far-reaching crimes.”
Last year, Wedding was indicted in Los Angeles federal court on multiple charges, including operating a continuing criminal enterprise, murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and various drug offenses.
New charges announced in November allege he ordered the killing of a witness in the federal case. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said the victim was shot multiple times in the head at a Columbia restaurant in January.
FBI Los Angeles – Photo: FBI Los Angeles posted this photo from Ryan’s wedding on December 8, 2025.
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The State Department is offering a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to Wedding’s arrest and/or conviction, authorities said. The Weddings are believed to be in Mexico and being protected by the Sinaloa drug cartel.
ABC News’ Alex Stone contributed to this report.