The search continues for a Thunder Bay man suspected of heading a Mexican drug cartel.
The FBI alleges Ryan James Wedding of controlling one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations in the world, comparing him to the likes of infamous drug lords “El Chapo” Guzman and Pablo Escobar.
The Bureau has released a new photo of Wedding.
It shows the 44-year-old lying down, revealing a large tattoo of what appears to be a lion on his left side.
The FBI believes it was taken this summer in Mexico where Wedding is believed to be living.
Wedding is wanted on suspicion of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that ships hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia into the United States and Canada.
He is also wanted in connection with several murders, including the killing of a federal witness in January.
The Bureau last month increased a reward offered for information leading to his arrest from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000.
Several other people connected to the same cartel were also arrested in November, including an Ontario resident suspected of being Wedding’s lawyer.
