Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia
Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1996 |
| Died |
January , 2025 (aged 28–29) |
| Occupation | drug smuggler |
| Known for | assassinated after agreeing to testify against another drug smuggler |
Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia was a Canadian reported to have been an associate of alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding, who agreed to testify against him, only to be assassinated.[1] He was shot five times in a restaurant in Medellin, Columbia.
On November 13, 2025, BBC News reported Wedding's lawyer Deepak Paradkar, referring to Acebedo-Garcia, told Wedding "if you kill this witness, the case will be dismissed."[2]
References
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Thomas Daigle (2025-11-29). "The FBI spotted Ryan Wedding in 2024. Why wasn't he arrested?". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2025-11-29. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia, left, was killed in Medellin, Colombia, in January 2025 after working with the FBI to help bring down the violent drug-smuggling network allegedly led by fugitive Ryan Wedding. U.S. prosecutors allege Andrew Clark, right, acted as Wedding's top lieutenant. (Name withheld/U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California)
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Nadine Yousif (2025-11-21). "How a flashy lawyer and an alleged Canadian drug lord may have taken down an FBI witness". BBC Home. Archived from the original on 2025-11-24.
Months before an FBI witness was gunned down in broad daylight, a Toronto-area lawyer allegedly advised his client: "if you kill this witness, the case will be dismissed".