

Chasing the Squirrel
The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher
Author: Ron Peterson, Jr.
Narrator: Kyle Tait
Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 09/28/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime, Organized Crime
Synopsis
The Feds were hot on his tail in 1984 when word came that he had died in a plane crash in Belize, his body burnt to ashes. But investigators soon learned the crash was staged and the death certificate fake. Meanwhile, Olga became a federal informant assisting the DEA in an audacious undercover sting to infiltrate the highest levels of his smuggling ring. Thirteen international traffickers were indicted, including Bolivian drug lord Roberto Suarez-Gomez, known as the world's "King of Cocaine."
But Wally Thrasher was never caught. Authorities believe he has spent the past four decades living in some faraway tropical land. He was recently profiled on America's Most Wanted as US Marshals chased leads around the globe in his pursuit.