Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, wanted for drug trafficking, voluntarily surrendered to U.S. authorities at the embassy in Mexico. During his detention, he wore a Moncler vest priced over 700 dollars. The garment highlights his athletic past amid serious charges.
Ryan Wedding, who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics as a snowboarder, became an FBI fugitive for cocaine trafficking and murder charges. Hidden in Mexico for over a decade, the Canadian chose to surrender voluntarily, as announced in a message on his Instagram account @bossryanw. The post included a photo of Wedding walking toward the U.S. embassy in Mexico.
President Claudia Sheinbaum presented this image in her January 27 morning briefing, confirming no signs of alteration or AI generation. Wedding was detained the previous Thursday and, the next day, was seen disembarking a plane at Ontario International Airport in southern California. He wore handcuffs, jeans, a hoodie, a baseball cap, and a black Moncler Ragot Down vest, featuring a zipper closure, side pockets, and goose down filling.
This model, made of 100% polyamide with 90% goose down, is out of stock at official stores. On resale sites like eBay, it lists for 809.99 dollars (about 13,923 Mexican pesos), originally 899.99 dollars. Editorialist values it at 740 dollars (12,764 pesos). Moncler vests range from 1,050 to 4,200 dollars, depending on the model.
FBI Director Kash Patel likened Wedding to infamous figures: “Que nadie se equivoque, Ryan Wedding es la versión moderna de Pablo Escobar. Es la versión moderna de ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán”.
Moncler, founded in 1952 in France for high-performance mountain gear, gained prominence by outfitting the French ski team at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics. Under Remo Ruffini since the 2000s, it shifted to luxury, blending technique and fashion, aligning with Wedding's Olympic background.
