Atna Onha
Atna Onha, 40, was arrested in Montreal on November 18, 2025, at the request of the United States, which accuses him of acting as a hired hitman who helped carry out the Ryan Wedding network’s murder of an FBI informant in Medellín, Colombia. Onha has not been convicted of any offence connected to that case, and a Canadian court has not decided whether he will be sent to face the charges.
Identity
Onha was 40 when he was arrested. Quebec court coverage spells his name Onha; the U.S. indictment, as reported by CBC and Global News, spells it Ohna. He is known as “Tupac” or “2-Pac,” according to CBC and the Montreal Gazette.
La Presse and Radio-Canada have both described him as a gang leader. The headlines on their coverage call him a “chef de gang.” The reporting available to Gangland Files does not name the gang, and no court has made that finding. His lawyer, Daniele Roy, told the Globe and Mail she could not discuss the case because she had no instructions from her client.
What the United States Alleges
On November 19, 2025, U.S. officials announced an indictment against Ryan Wedding and others over the January 31, 2025 murder of a federal witness in Colombia. Onha was named in it. According to the Globe and Mail’s account of the indictment, he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a criminal enterprise, conspiracy to retaliate against a witness and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The Globe’s report on the day of the arrest listed two charges, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to traffic drugs, and CBC reported at that stage that the details of the charges were sealed.
As reported by CBC, the indictment describes Onha as a member and associate of the alleged Wedding criminal enterprise, and as a hired hitman who facilitated the murder. Global News reports that, according to the indictment, he was involved in tracking down the victim and found and provided Wedding with identifying information for one of the victim’s associates.
On payment, Global News reports the indictment says Onha asked for roughly CAD$300,000 after the January 31 killing, and that he was reportedly given $150,000 and 30 kilograms of cocaine. The Globe and Mail reports the same $150,000 and 30 kilograms. CBC gives the $150,000 as U.S. dollars; Global News does not state the currency. No outlet reviewed by Gangland Files says Onha fired the shots. These are allegations in an unsealed indictment, and none has been tested in court.
The Victim and the Wedding Case
The victim was Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia, a Montreal-born FBI informant. According to the indictment as quoted by Global News, he was shot five times at a restaurant in Medellín and died instantly. CBC, in its coverage of another defendant, Tommy Demorizi, reports that Wedding allegedly placed a bounty of up to US$5 million on him. For the wider case, see the Wedding Criminal Enterprise profile.
Wedding was taken into U.S. custody in Mexico in late January 2026, and U.S. officials confirmed it on January 23. The U.S. Embassy says he surrendered after negotiations; his lawyer, Anthony Colombo, disputes that and calls it an apprehension. Wedding was flown to California and pleaded not guilty in federal court in Santa Ana to 17 felony charges across two indictments, including murder.
The Canadian Proceedings
Justice Canada, as quoted by the Globe and Mail, said Onha was provisionally arrested on November 18, 2025, at the request of the United States. He appeared that day by video link in Quebec Superior Court in Montreal. According to the Montreal Gazette, Justice François Dadour presided, and Crown prosecutor Laurent Brisebois told the court the American case concerns, in his words, “in general, cocaine trafficking and a murder.”
Onha was one of seven Canadians arrested on U.S. extradition requests in the Wedding investigation, according to The Canadian Press. Edwin Basora Hernandez, 31, of Quebec, was arrested alongside him. The judge ordered the two men not to communicate with each other while the extradition case is pending, except in the presence of their lawyers, and not to communicate with four other men. Onha’s case was set to return in February 2026.
In late September 2026, La Presse reported that Onha was seeking release while he awaits extradition. Under the headline “Affaire Ryan Wedding | Le chef de gang Atna Onha veut être libéré,” the paper reported that close relatives were offering $60,000 and a residential building as security. Gangland Files has not seen a ruling on the request.
The Earlier Record in Quebec
The Globe and Mail reports, citing publicly available court rulings, that Onha has previously faced criminal allegations in Quebec, including charges that he dealt large quantities of crack cocaine in 2012. The coverage Gangland Files reviewed does not report how that case ended.
According to the Montreal Gazette, in 2019 Onha was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty, at the Saint-Jérôme courthouse, to uttering threats.
The Gazette also reports that at a 2023 murder trial in Montreal over the death of Frantz Louis, an expert witness described Onha as “an important actor in Montreal organized crime,” and the jury was shown a photograph, taken by police during an investigation called Project Abus, of Louis meeting with Onha and two members of the Hells Angels Montreal chapter. Nothing in the coverage Gangland Files reviewed says Onha was charged in connection with Louis’s death. A photograph of a meeting is not a finding that someone belongs to any group.
Standing of This File
Verified | His provisional arrest on November 18, 2025 at the request of the United States, as stated by Justice Canada and reported by the Globe and Mail; his appearance in Quebec Superior Court that day.
Reported by a Single Outlet | His 2019 guilty plea to uttering threats, the 2023 expert description and the Project Abus photograph (Montreal Gazette); the 2012 allegations (Globe and Mail, citing court rulings); the September 2026 bail request (La Presse). Gangland Files could not read the court records behind these.
Alleged, Not Adjudicated | Everything in the U.S. indictment: the charges, the alleged hired-hitman role, the tracking of the victim, the payment, and the link to the Wedding network.
Not Established | That he leads any gang, or which one. The media descriptions of him as a gang leader are not court findings. Also not established: the outcome of his bail request, the outcome of the 2012 charges, and whether he will be extradited.
Update Trigger | A ruling on release, an extradition hearing, a surrender order, or an appearance in a U.S. court.
- Montreal Gazette (Paul Cherry) — “Suspected organized crime figure arrested in Quebec on request from FBI” (Nov. 18, 2025)
- CBC News — “U.S. lays more charges, ups reward for Ryan Wedding, Canadian Olympian turned alleged drug lord” (Nov. 2025, also published by Radio-Canada International); “Montrealer charged in Ryan Wedding-linked murder plot pleads not guilty” (on co-accused Tommy Demorizi)
- Global News — coverage of the Ryan Wedding FBI indictment (Nov. 2025)
- The Globe and Mail — “U.S. seeks extradition of Montreal man amid reports he is connected to fugitive Ryan Wedding” and “Who are the Canadians facing charges connected to Ryan Wedding?”
- The Canadian Press — “Seven Canadians charged in U.S. drug probe linked to ex-Olympian” (Nov. 19, 2025)
- Radio-Canada — “Le FBI veut extrader un chef de gang montréalais vers les États-Unis” (Nov. 2025)
- La Presse — “Qui est Atna Onha ?” (Nov. 19, 2025) and “Affaire Ryan Wedding | Le chef de gang Atna Onha veut être libéré” (late Sept. 2026)
- BBC Mundo — report on Ryan Wedding’s arrest in Mexico (Jan. 24, 2026)
- Journal de Montréal — “Un caïd montréalais arrêté en lien avec le meurtre d’un collaborateur du FBI en Colombie” (Nov. 18, 2025); source of the photograph
- U.S. Department of Justice — “10 Arrested in Federal Indictment Charging Olympic Athlete-Turned-Cocaine Trafficker with Ordering Murder of Witness in January”
- Gangland Files — Wedding Criminal Enterprise profile (internal cross-referencing)