Ryan Wedding drug network in Mexico, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Two key figures allegedly operated in Mexico to protect the drug trafficking operations of the criminal group led by Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic athlete who became a drug trafficker. The U.S.
government made public two investigations into the criminal protection network surrounding the group.
According to the findings, the criminals had contact with the dominant cartels in Mexico and with public officials, which allowed them to transport large quantities of drugs and evade law enforcement operations.
The first case concerns charges against Roberto Gómez, and the second concerns Édgar Aaron Vázquez, who was reported killed last week by federal forces in the State of Mexico. The U.S.
Attorney’s Office released the essential parts of its statements.
A purported member of the “38th Street” gang, currently a fugitive in Mexico, has been charged with six counts for helping Ryan James Wedding run a drug trafficking operation valued at one billion dollars. He is also accused of obtaining confidential law enforcement information to help Wedding avoid detection by U.S.
authorities, the Department of Justice announced.
Roberto Gómez, 51, known by aliases including “Rob Flores,” “Fat Boy,” “Fats,” “Rooster” and the rooster emoji, previously lived in the Central-Alameda area of south Los Angeles. He faces charges including distribution and possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, conspiracy to import controlled substances, three counts of accessory after the fact, and attempting to conduct transactions with a drug trafficker specifically designated by authorities.
Gómez is a U.S. citizen who fled to Mexico after being charged in 2000 in Los Angeles Superior Court with two counts of second-degree robbery.
In January 2018, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted him on drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. He is currently considered a fugitive in both criminal proceedings.
According to the indictment, while in Mexico, Gómez met and communicated with leaders of criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and established ties with people who had access to confidential information from Mexican and U.S. security agencies.
Gómez allegedly obtained information about police operations, such as arrests, drug seizures, execution of court orders and filing of criminal charges, and passed it to his accomplices, including Wedding, 45. Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic athlete, later entered drug trafficking and is accused of ordering several murders.
Between 2016 and 2026, Gómez allegedly acted as an intermediary supplier of narcotics for various transnational criminal organizations, including the one led by Wedding. His main method reportedly involved transporting cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl to Mexico by aircraft and boat through Central America, and then moving the substances by land to the United States and Canada.
According to the indictment, between October 2024 and January 2026, Gómez helped Wedding obstruct and evade capture, prosecution and punishment in the United States. He also allegedly attempted to arrange the sale of 453.6 kilograms of methamphetamine between a supplier and Wedding, whom the U.S.
has designated as a specially designated drug trafficker, for a value of about 550,000 dollars in cryptocurrency.
In a related case, federal prosecutors released a formal indictment containing two counts against Édgar Aaron Vázquez Alvarado, 42, known as “El General” or “Mini,” who died last week after being shot down by Mexican police.
According to the indictment, Vázquez presented himself as founder and leader of “El Cártel Nuevo Imperio,” a violent criminal organization that operated mainly in Mexico City. He allegedly trafficked cocaine for Wedding’s criminal network and provided members with passwords that rotated almost daily; members and collaborators used these codes when passing security checkpoints and military personnel in Mexico, allowing them to continue their journeys without problems.
Vázquez allegedly supported members and collaborators of Wedding’s organization by paying Mexican public officials in order to slow criminal investigations, eliminate or manipulate incriminating evidence, and secure the dismissal of criminal charges against them. From October 2024 to January 2026, Vázquez allegedly helped Wedding evade detection by U.S.
authorities.
