Instagram photo raises questions over Mexican and US versions of the downfall of drug kingpin Ryan Wedding

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attempted to settle the debate on Monday with a photograph regarding the capture of Ryan Wedding, a high-priority FBI target wanted for drug trafficking and multiple homicides. The United States maintains that the alleged Canadian kingpin was arrested in a joint operation with Mexican authorities. The Mexican government, however, asserts that Wedding surrendered voluntarily to security forces, a version of events supported by the U.S. ambassador in Mexico City. What Sheinbaum did not anticipate was that the image, uploaded to Instagram, would become part of the discussion and fuel the mystery surrounding the downfall of the man known as the “King of Cocaine.”

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The former U.S. Embassy building on Danubio Street in Mexico City, January 27.Ryan Wedding's cap at the time of his arrival in California (left) and in the image shown by the Mexican government.
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