The Betrayal, Robert Mazur
The Betrayal, Robert Mazur
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The Betrayal
The True Story of My Brush with Death in the World of Narcos and Launderers

Author: Robert Mazur

Narrator: Robert Mazur

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2022

Synopsis

From Robert Mazur, undercover agent and bestselling author of The Infiltrator, comes the riveting true story of grave corruption at the heart of one of the most explosive DEA missions of his career.Three years after undercover agent Robert Mazur infiltrated Pablo Escobar’s Medellín drug cartel, he reemerged, a half-million-dollar bounty still on his head, with a new identity for a risky new sting. He was now Robert Baldasare, money launderer and president of an international trade finance company. Deployed to Panama, Mazur worked, traveled, partied, and washed millions with Central America’s criminal elite. Partnered with a young superstar DEA task force agent, Mazur slipped effortlessly into Colombia’s notorious Cali drug cartel. But as his underworld reputation skyrocketed, the operation started going dangerously off the rails.On US soil, drug money en route to Mazur was seized. He started to notice an unsettling shift in the cartel’s inner circle. Contacts were being assassinated, and Mazur was being tailed. His identity had been compromised. Refusing to acknowledge the threats ahead, Mazur was obsessed with seeing the mission through to its treacherous end: expose the Cali cartel, find out who betrayed him, and escape with his life.

About Robert Mazur

Robert Mazur spent twenty-seven years as a special agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation division, the Customs Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. He is the bestselling author of the memoir The Infiltrator, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Bryan Cranston. Mazur is a court-certified expert in international drug trafficking and money laundering and is the president of KYC Solutions, Inc., a firm that provides speaking, expert witness, and consulting services to companies worldwide. His writings about money laundering, international drug trafficking, and corruption have been published in many journals and media outlets, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has also appeared on more than 1,500 radio and television shows, including NPR’s All Things Considered and MSNBC’s Morning Joe, as well as on CNN, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, and other major networks. For more information, visit www.robertmazur.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cid on March 03, 2022

There are people who will enjoy this. I just wasn't for me . I am halfway through THE BETRAYAL and am just not motivated to finish. I don't think it is right to do a full review on a book I haven't read in its entirety, because some books manage to redeem themselves in the concluding chapters. Since......more

Goodreads review by Scholastica on February 28, 2023

Robert Mazur’s memoir “The Betrayal” features a dramatis personae of Cali drug cartel leaders, money launderers, lawyers, corrupt bankers, money brokers, businessmen, undercover customs and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and informants. The subject matter intrigues me but its dry......more

Goodreads review by Knihomolka Šárka on April 29, 2024

2,7⭐ Opět jedno rychločtení, ze kterého jsem však poměrně v rozpacích. Kniha za četla skvěle, ale nedokázala se mě dotknout. Očekávala jsem spíše autobiografický román než úplně literaturu faktu, ale přesně ta to bohužel byla. I když tu máme přímou řeč a vyloženě příběh jako v románu, tak tu chybí em......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on April 08, 2022

Robert Mazur is a DEA agent that goes undercover as Bob Baldasare to expose illegal money laundering in the Cali cartel This book details who he worked with, where he traveled, illegal activities he was exposed to, the risks he took, the risks to his life, and the prosecution of the individuals that......more

Goodreads review by Martin on April 11, 2022

First of all, kudos to the author for his dedicated service as an undercover cop seeking justice for many in the Cali drug cartel. The story itself is a real thriller, it almost reads like crime fiction. It's a world I knew very little about and is even more dangerous than I imagined. That being sai......more

Quotes

“Admirers of his previous book will appreciate this thrilling real-life sequel.” —Publishers Weekly“Suspenseful memoir of undercover narcotics work…An eye-opening insider’s look at the financial aspects of the international drug trade.” —Kirkus Reviews“Mazur’s latest true-crime thriller will leave readers on the edge of their seats. The inherent danger of undercover life—all guts and little glamour—is portrayed vividly. A transfixing read.” —Booklist

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