A fugitive South Los Angeles gang member allegedly worked with Mexican cartels and leaked law-enforcement intelligence to help a former Olympic snowboarder run a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring.
Roberto Gomez, 51 –– also known as “Fat Boy,” “Fats” and “Rooster” –– was charged this week with a six-count federal indictment for allegedly helping Ryan James Wedding run his drug empire.
Gomez, a member of LA’s feared 38th Street gang, fled to Mexico in 2000 after being charged with robbery. In 2018, he was also indicted on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.
“While in Mexico, Gomez met and communicated with leaders of foreign terrorist organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel and Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), and cultivated relationships with individuals who had access to law-enforcement 𝘴єn𝘴iᩚtiᩚvє information from Mexican and U.S. agencies,” the Justice Department said.
“Gomez obtained that information related to law enforcement operations, including arrests, drug seizures, warrant executions, and the filing of criminal charges and provided this information to his co-conspirators, including Wedding.”
The 51-year-old transported cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl and was a supplier of narcotics to many criminal organizations.
Wedding, 45, is a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who landed on the FBI’s most wanted list in 2025. He was arrested in 2008 after attempting to purchase cocaine and was behind bars in federal prison for four years.
He then later fled to Mexico and was wanted by the FBI for $15 million for running an alleged transnational drug trafficking enterprise, shipping cocaine from Colombia to the US and Canada. He was arrested in Mexico City in January and flown back to the US to face charges.
The accused drug kingpin also allegedly ordered a hit on a federal witness who was fatally shot in Colombia last year. Prosecutors additionally believe that Wedding was responsible for the deaths of a couple in 2023 and a 39-year-old in 2024.
Along with Gomez, a two-count indictment against Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado was also unsealed this week.
Alvarado, who was fatally shot by Mexican police last week, founded the violent criminal organization El Cártel Nuevo Imperio that trafficked cocaine for Wedding. From October 2024 to January 2026, he helped the accused kingpin evade detection from US law enforcement.
Last week, a district judge in Mexico was arrested for allegedly accepting a $2 million payment to let Wedding’s right-hand man go free.
Authorities accused Luis Benítez Alcántara, 49, of Mexico City, of accepting the bribe in exchange for granting Andrew Clark, 36, bond and ordering his release.
