WASHINGTON - Seven Canadians were charged for extradition to the United States, with U.S. law enforcement alleging they were part of Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding's intercontinental drug smuggling ring.

Wedding is on the FBI's most wanted list and was described by U.S. law enforcement as a modern-day Pablo Escobar — referencing the notorious Colombian drug lord.

Wedding is believed to be on the lam in Mexico but law enforcement said the web of his drug smuggling enterprise included a lawyer, a poker player and a Reggaeton artist in Canada.

RCMP arrested the Canadians this week in multiple provinces. The allegations against them have not been tested in Canadian courts, which will ultimately be tasked with looking at the extradition requests.

Ontario's Deepak

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