Sixteen people, including a former Olympic snowboarder from Canada, have been charged in a drug trafficking operation that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Southern California to parts of the U.S and Canada. The leaders also are accused of orchestrating multiple murders.
Ryan James Wedding, 43, who represented Canada at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, and Andrew Clark, 34, also a Canadian citizen, are charged with international cocaine trafficking and murder.