The U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that a cartel boss bribed Mexican public officials to help Olympian Ryan Wedding evade law‑enforcement while he ran a multinational drug‑trafficking organization.
According to the DOJ, the bribery scheme was designed to protect Wedding from arrest and to facilitate the movement of illicit drugs across borders. The cartel’s operations, described as multinational, allegedly involved a network of shipments that spanned several countries.
Wedding, a former Olympian, is said to have used his public profile to mask his criminal activities. The Department of Justice has not yet released further details on the extent of his involvement or the specific officials who were bribed.
Law‑enforcement officials in Mexico and the United States are reportedly coordinating to investigate the allegations and to identify any other individuals connected to the trafficking network.
The DOJ’s statement comes as part of a broader effort to crack down on transnational drug‑trafficking rings that exploit high‑profile figures to avoid detection.
<small>Source: CBS News — read the original story there.</small>
