Alleged kingpin Ryan Wedding appears in court for first time, pleads not guilty

Ryan’s Wedding appeared in court for the first time following his arrest last week in Mexico City… with the alleged international drug lord pleading not guilty to all 17 criminal charges against him, and his lawyer urging the public to keep an open mind.

The marriage appeared before the judge John D. early Monday afternoon in a Santa Ana courtroom. In addition to his not guilty plea, he was sentenced to time served without bail and will remain in U.S. custody.

Talk with TMZ Sports outside the courtroom… Wedding’s lawyer, Anthony Colombohit back at the FBI director Kash PatelIt is claim that the Canadian Olympic snowboarder is a El Chapo And Pablo Escobar.

“Does he look like El Chapo to you?” Colombo said. “Does he look like Pablo Escobar to you? No, he’s a former Olympic athlete, and I don’t think he’s who they say he is.”

All this comes after the FBI managed to arrest Wedding, who was on the FBI’s list of ten most wanted fugitives, last Thursday in the Mexican capital. Patel did not release many details of his capture, but stressed the importance of his arrest, calling him “the biggest drug trafficker of modern times.”

Upon his return to the United States last week, the 44-year-old got off the DOJ plane in a black baseball cap, black vest, gray undershirt and jeans, his hands handcuffed in front, as he walked across the tarmac at Ontario International Airport.

His next court date is scheduled for next month…and a jury trial is expected to begin in March.