From NY Post: The FBI’s arrest of long-hunted drug kingpin and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding marks the 6th top-ten most wanted fugitive captured by the agency under President Trump — capping a “historic” year at the agency, director Kash Patel announced.
Patel, speaking Friday at the Ontario international airport in California after Wedding’s arrest in Mexico City, touted the FBI’s successes over the past year in bringing criminals to justice in record-breaking numbers.
“Today we are announcing the capture of another FBI’s most wanted, top-ten fugitive Ryan Wedding,” Patel said. “That makes six top ten FBI captures in one year alone.”
“To put that in perspective, that’s two more than the entirety of the prior administration,” Patel said, referring to the Biden administration.
Patel also shared more details of the agency’s successful year. He said the agency accomplished the following in the past year:
- 67,000 arrests, a 200% increase from the previous year
- Capturing six of the FBI’s top 10 most wanted criminals
- Seized enough fentanyl to kill 150 million Americans — a 31% increase
- Made 35% more arrests of foreign espionage actors from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
- Found and identified 6,000 missing children this year, up 22%
Patel shared that the US murder rate has declined 20% under Trump.
“That is an all time record for the modern era,” Patel said.
FBI Director Kash Patel announces the capture of Ryan Wedding, a former Olympian and accused drug lord, after years on the run.
“Just to tell you how bad of a guy Ryan Wedding is, he went from an Olympic snowboarder to the largest narco trafficker in modern times,” Patel said.… pic.twitter.com/GZgAFQqvd5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 23, 2026
Historic year for the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division
20% drop in murder rate.
2,000+ kilos of fentanyl seized — 130 Million Lethal Doses. Up 31%
Thousands of children found. Up 22%
Tens of thousands of arrests. Up 100% pic.twitter.com/gtbUsVTLbl— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) January 19, 2026
Axios just reported the lowest murder rate since 1900, down 20% from 2024, and somehow forgot to mention President Trump or the historic results of this FBI.
Nearly 200% more arrests. Violent gangs crushed. Fugitives hunted down.
Media gymnastics can’t hide the reality that… pic.twitter.com/48s9JPtXcw
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) January 22, 2026
Read more at NY Post
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