A Los Angeles gang member faces federal charges for allegedly helping former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding avoid law enforcement tracking.
The filing shows Gomez faces one count of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, one count of conspiracy to import controlled substances, three counts of accessory after the fact, and one count of attempting to deal and dealing with a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
Federal authorities state that Gomez, an American citizen, fled Los Angeles County for Mexico after being charged in 2000 in Los Angeles County Superior Court with two counts of second-degree robbery. A Los Angeles federal grand jury indicted him in 2018 for drug trafficking and money laundering, leaving him considered a fugitive in both matters.
The indictment details that Gomez communicated with leaders of foreign terrorist organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, while staying in Mexico. He allegedly built relationships with individuals holding access to sensitive law enforcement details from Mexican and American agencies.
Gomez allegedly secured operational details involving arrests, drug seizures, search warrants, and criminal prosecutions, passing them directly to Wedding and other co-conspirators to help them evade tracking by authorities.
Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic athlete who competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and finished 24th, stands accused of directing multiple murders. He landed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in March 2025 and surrendered to authorities in January 2026 following reports of mounting pressure from American law enforcement.
The former athlete faces allegations of trafficking an estimated one billion dollars worth of cocaine.
