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Chasing the Squirrel
- The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
Nicknamed "The Squirrel" for his elusiveness, Thrasher was a daredevil pilot who made millions flying marijuana and cocaine from South America into the US in the '70s and '80s. With his beautiful Portuguese-born wife, Olga, he lived in a mountain estate near Virginia's New River Valley. He owned oceanfront homes and yachts in Florida, spent weekends in the Caribbean, and laundered money in Las Vegas, where he partied with Frank Sinatra's entourage.
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.
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- patricia garrido
- 09-02-24
THRILLING
First time I have read this author. Enjoyed the book immensely. I Will probably search out his other books.
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- Nil
- 09-08-24
High school essay
A vaguely interesting story ruined by a high school narrator. I hung in for 5 chapters, mainly for the interesting aviation snipets,but finally gave up with the school level essay about the ups and downs drug smuggling.
He did this and then that and then found the girl of his dreams and then smuggled
for a while and then the second girl of his dreams came along and then did more smuggling and then the third girl of his dreams came along so back to smuggling.......
Then I gave up and I read the two paragraph summary fortunately given by Audible.
That all you need.
At least it was free.
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- Lisa Blackpool
- 07-12-22
Omg the story telling is awful
The narrator is so dull the story may be good but his voice I gave up after 10 min this guy is terrible
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