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TIL a 2002 Winter Olympics athlete from Canada, named Ryan Wedding, became an international drug trafficker, ultimately becoming a high ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico and has been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

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