A Montreal entrepreneur was allegedly told to repay a drug debt or see a hit ordered on his mom by Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, according to a recent indictment filed by the U.S. prosecutors.
Both Nahim Jorge Bonilla and Wedding were named as defendants in October when the FBI announced it had charged 16 people in connection with a cocaine ring that had imported 60 tonnes of cocaine per year into the U.S. and Canada.
The indictment alleges that Wedding was the top dog in the organization, and that he and another Canadian named Andrew Clark had struck a deal with Bonilla for 12 kg of cocaine.
The pair were said to have struck a deal with Bonilla, which saw them provide him with 12 kg of cocaine, in which he paid for seven while Wedding “fronted” him the rest.
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On June 14, the former Canadian snowboarder sent Bonilla a message that he had three days to settle …