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Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive accused of trafficking 60 tonnes of cocaine and linked to murder, was arrested in Mexico and flown to California, U.S. officials said Friday.

Wedding, 44, who competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, turned himself in Thursday at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City.

He is expected to make his first court appearance in Los Angeles on Monday.

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