Kash Patel's Public Brag Triggers Cross-Border Fallout Over Olympian Drug Arrest

FBI Director Kash Patel boasted on X that U.S. agents helped arrest Ryan Wedding in a cross-border operation, prompting Mexican backlash and questions about the raid’s legality. Wedding’s defense attorney argues rights may have been violated and that the arrest was not a voluntary surrender, adding to a political headache for Patel amid broader U.S.–Mexico tensions and scrutiny of his public communications.