Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, pleaded not guilty in a Santa Ana, Calif., court Monday to multiple charges related to murder and drug trafficking.
The 44-year-old who was born in Thunder Bay, Ont., was arrested in Mexico last week after spending almost 10 years evading authorities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.
He faces 17 charges, including conspiracy to export cocaine, continuing criminal enterprise, murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime and retaliation against a witness, victim or an informant by completed murder.
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