{"id":109035,"date":"2026-11-11T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/slain-cartel-boss-helped-olympian-ryan-wedding-traffic-drugs-and-evade-capture-u-s-says\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:27:54","slug":"slain-cartel-boss-helped-olympian-ryan-wedding-traffic-drugs-and-evade-capture-u-s-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/slain-cartel-boss-helped-olympian-ryan-wedding-traffic-drugs-and-evade-capture-u-s-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain cartel boss helped Olympian Ryan Wedding traffic drugs and evade capture, U.S. says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A cartel boss shot to death by police in Mexico last week helped Olympian Ryan Wedding traffic drugs and avoid the authorities <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ryan-wedding-arrested-olympic-snowboarder-drug-kingpin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">before his arrest<\/a><\/span> in January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/fugitive-south-la-gang-member-living-mexico-and-cartel-plaza-boss-charged-using\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said on Tuesday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, federal prosecutors alleged that Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado, or &#8220;El General,&#8221; trafficked cocaine for Wedding&#8217;s criminal enterprise and provided the organization with &#8220;near-daily, rotating code words&#8221; that were used for safe passage through law enforcement checkpoints. Vasquez, 42, also allegedly paid Mexican public officials to slow down criminal investigations, tamper with evidence and dismiss criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez also helped Wedding personally avoid U.S. law enforcement for two years, the Justice Department said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The founder of Mexico City&#8217;s El C\u00e1rtel Nuevo Imperio, Vasquez was shot and killed by Mexican security forces attempting to serve an arrest warrant in Naucalpan, Mexico, according to Mexico&#8217;s Security Minister Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch. Harfuch said Vasquez fired on security forces and was responsible for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/police-chief-killed-mexico-city-indigenous-activist-wife-daughter-killed-oaxaca\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2024 death of Milton Morales<\/a><\/span>, a Mexico City police chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Justice Department also announced a six-count federal indictment against Roberto Gomez, a U.S. citizen and gang member living in Mexico. Federal prosecutors allege that Gomez has spent the past decade as a drug supplier to international criminal organizations, including Wedding&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gomez primarily transported cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl from Central America to Mexico with planes and maritime vessels, then used land-based methods to bring those substances into the U.S. and Canada, prosecutors say. His efforts allegedly included attempting to broker the sale of 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine between a supplier and Wedding. The sale would have been worth about $550,000, the Justice Department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From 2024 to 2026, Gomez, 51, also allegedly helped Wedding avoid apprehension by U.S. authorities. The department said that Gomez&#8217;s connections with cartels, including the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, and relationships with &#8220;individuals who had access to law-enforcement sensitive information from Mexican and U.S. agencies&#8221; allowed him to obtain information about law enforcement operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If convicted on all charges, Gomez would face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United States has made <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ryan-wedding-fbi-most-wanted-motorcycle-collection-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dozens of arrests<\/a><\/span> while investigating Wedding&#8217;s international drug trafficking network. Wedding allegedly ran the network as part of the Sinaloa Cartel and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/ex-olympic-athlete-charged-with-ordering-killings-in-coke-trafficking-operation-across-north-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">orchestrated several killings<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Mexican judge <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexican-judge-arrested-accused-us-bribes-drug-case-ryan-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was arrested last week<\/a><\/span> and charged with taking bribes to free an accused drug trafficker linked to Wedding.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel has referred to the former Olympian as &#8220;a modern-day &#8216;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/who-is-el-chapo-a-look-back-at-60-minutes-reports\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">El Chapo<\/a><\/span>.&#8221; Wedding was placed on the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/former-olympian-ryan-wedding-fbi-most-wanted-list-reward-drug-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">FBI&#8217;s Top Ten Most Wanted List<\/a><\/span> before his arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wedding faces 17 felony charges, including those related to drug trafficking and murder, across two indictments. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/ex-olympian-ryan-wedding-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges-that-he-operated-a-mexican-drug-cartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has pleaded not guilty<\/a><\/span>. 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