Ryan James Wedding (born 14 September 1981), also known as “El Jefe”, “Giant” or “Public Enemy”, is a Canadian drug lord[2] and former snowboarder.
[3] At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Wedding competed for Team Canada in snowboarding men's parallel giant slalom, where he finished 24th overall.
[4] In 2010, Wedding was convicted of drug trafficking[5] and was sentenced to four years in prison.
[6] On October 17, 2024, Wedding was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with "leading a transnational organized crime group that engaged in cocaine trafficking and murder, including of innocent civilians".
[7][8] According to authorities, since his release, Wedding fled to Mexico and there became a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel (Mexico's largest drug cartel), where he is known by the nicknames “El Jefe,” “Giant” or “Public Enemy”.