# LA gang member, who helped Olympian turned into billion-dollar drug trafficker, charged in federal indictment

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/la-gang-member-who-helped-olympian-turned-into-billion-dollar-drug-trafficker-charged-in-federal-indictment/
- Published: 2026-11-14T16:53:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T17:21:43+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/la-gang-member-helped-olympian-turned-billion-dollar-drug-trafficker-charged-federal-indictment
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Roberto Gomez faces six federal charges.
- Prosecutors say he passed law enforcement intelligence to Ryan Wedding.
- Wedding is accused of trafficking about $1 billion in cocaine.

## Summary

Roberto Gomez, a 38th Street gang member accused of helping former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding evade law enforcement, has been charged in a six-count federal indictment. Prosecutors say Gomez supplied sensitive information about investigations, arrests and drug seizures, making the case significant to the alleged effort to protect a large drug-trafficking operation.

The charges include drug distribution and import conspiracies, three counts of being an accessory after the fact, and attempting to deal with a designated narcotics trafficker. The indictment says Gomez cultivated contacts with people who had access to Mexican and US law enforcement information while in Mexico. Wedding, who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, is accused of trafficking about $1 billion in cocaine; he surrendered to US authorities in January 2026.

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