墨西哥当局称，一场为期两天的“历史性”竞拍战，通过出售一批从涉嫌加拿大毒枭瑞安·威丁（Ryan Wedding）处缴获的高端摩托车稀有藏品，筹集了约540万美元，资金将用于社会服务。
Mexican authorities say a "historic" two-day bidding war has raised roughly $5.4 million through the sale of a rare collection of high-end motorcycles seized from alleged Canadian drug lord Ryan Wedding — with the funds earmarked for social services.
这位出生于安大略省的涉嫌可卡因大枭哥的摩托车藏品，去年在墨西哥城及邻近的墨西哥州的执法突袭中被发现。
The Ontario-born alleged cocaine kingpin's motorbike collection was uncovered in law enforcement raids last year in Mexico City and the nearby Mexico state.
联邦调查局（FBI）估计，威丁收藏的稀有高性能摩托车——包括杜卡迪、本田、川崎、MV阿古斯塔、铃木和雅马哈等品牌的车型——在去年12月被缴获后，价值约4000万美元。
Wedding's collection of rare and high-performance motorcycles — which include models from Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, MV Agusta, Suzuki and Yamaha — were estimated by the FBI to be worth roughly $40 million US after they were seized in December.
据《国家报》（El País）报道，周三，超过一百名与会者在墨西哥城以南的宴会厅内翘首以盼，等待数百件物品的公开竞拍开始，其中包括前加拿大奥运运动员威丁拥有的数十辆豪华摩托车。
More than a hundred attendees at a banquet hall south of Mexico City waited in anticipation Wednesday for the public bidding to open on hundreds of items, which included the dozens of luxury motorbikes belonging to the former Canadian Olympic athlete, according to reporting from the newspaper El País.
墨西哥公共机构INDEP（译为“将被盗资产归还人民研究所”）负责人周三早些时候在墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·辛鲍姆（Claudia Sheinbaum）身旁接受记者采访时，将周三和周四的两天竞拍战描述为“历史性”。摩托车缴获自瑞安·威丁，用于职业赛车：FBI莫妮卡·费尔南德斯·巴尔博亚（Mónica Fernández Balboa）表示，一些“令人印象深刻”的摩托车“将运往世界其他地区的博物馆”。她说，威丁被缴获的62辆摩托车中有57辆已售出，剩下的五辆将于11月27日拍卖。
Speaking to reporters alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum this morning, the head of the Mexican public agency INDEP — translated as the institute to return stolen assets to the people — described the two-day bidding war on Wednesday and Thursday as "historic." Motorcycles seized from Ryan Wedding used for pro racing: FBI Mónica Fernández Balboa said some of the "impressive" motorcycles "are going to museums in other parts of the world." She said 57 of Wedding's 62 seized motorbikes were sold, with the remaining five to be auctioned off on Nov. 27.
辛鲍姆表示，在筹集的约540万加元中，300万加元将用于一所音乐学院。该机构拍卖所得通常用于资助社会服务。
Of the $5.4 million Cdn raised, Sheinbaum said $3 million would go toward a music conservatory. Proceeds from the agency's auctions typically go to fund social services.
《国家报》称，周三拍卖会的竞拍者从私人爱好者到一家知名的美国收藏与拍卖行不等。当时，威丁被认为是该机构最通缉的逃犯之一。他一个月后被捕。
El País said bidders at the Wednesday auction ranged from private enthusiasts to a well-known U.S. collecting and auction house. At the time, Wedding was considered one of the agency's most wanted fugitives. He was arrested the following month.
婚礼的加州律师安东尼·科隆博在拍卖前向加拿大广播公司新闻发送的电子邮件中，将这次拍卖描述为“墨西哥执法部门的腐败行为”。
Wedding's California-based lawyer, Anthony Colombo, described the auction as a "corrupt action by Mexican law enforcement" in an email to CBC News ahead of the auction.
他说，这些摩托车是在一项美国调查中发现的，美国当局并未试图扣押这笔财产。科隆博表示，墨西哥没有权利索要这些物品。
He said the bikes were found as part of a U.S. investigation and American authorities had not sought to seize the property. Colombo said Mexico had no authority to claim the goods.
“任何购买这笔财产的人都应当知道，他们购买的并非产权清晰的物品，未来将面临关于所有权的诉讼，”科隆博说。
"Any buyer of this property should be aware that they are not purchasing an item with a clear title and will be subject to litigation regarding ownership in the future," Colombo said.