An accomplice accused in a billion dollar drug ring led by the former Canadian Olympic marriage Ryan Wedding has been brought to the United States from Mexico to face federal accusations, the United States Ministry of Justice said in a statement to PK Press Club Digital on Friday.
Andrew Clark, 34, a Canadian citizen who lived in Mexico, was arrested by the Mexican authorities in October 2024 and is expected to be translated on Monday before the Arizona American district court.
“The accused, as described in the replaced accusation act, played a key role in the management of a violent and international drug trafficking organization that was responsible for several murders,” the American lawyer said Joseph T. McNally during Friday’s announcement.
“We are grateful to have him in the United States where he will face justice.
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An image of the former Canadian Olympic Snowboard Ryan Wedding, 43, who is fleeting and was responsible for running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video instructor with cocaine bricks, in the foreground, at a press conference in FBI offices in Los Angeles on October 17. 2024. (AP photo / Damian Dovarganes)
Clark alias include “the dictator”, and he would have checked a drug company of $ 1 billion with supply routes that transported tons of Colombia cocaine to Canada by Mexico and South California.
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Cocaine (Marcus Brandt / Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Wedding, which participated in the 2002 winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City for Canada, faces accusations of drug trafficking in Canada which dates back to 2015, said Chris Leather in chief of the Royal Police.
Marriage has already been sentenced to the United States for a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and was sentenced to prison in 2010, according to the federal archives.
According to the replaced indictment, Wedding and Clark have directed the murders of two people and the attempted murder of a third victim in Ontario, Canada in November 2023. Wedding and Clark also ordered the murder of a fourth individual in May 2024.
Clark and another co-owner are also accused of the murder of a fifth individual in Ontario, Canada in April 2024.
The Marriage of Canada Ryan at the 2002 Olympic Games. (Tony Marshall / Empics via Getty Images)
From March 2024 to August 2024, Wedding and Clark would have conspired with others to distribute more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine. Wedding, Clark and their co-conspirators would also have transferred approximately a quarter of a billion dollars from April 2024 to September 2024. The investigators seized more than $ 3 million in a cryptocurrency portfolio in one day.
Clark is the second defendant appointed in the replacement accusation act which charges a total of 16 defendants. With the expected legal appearance of Clark, a total of eight defendants will have been arrested in this case. The alleged co-conspiratorial trial of Clark is expected to start on May 6.
