Jonathan Wall fled to Central America with somewhere between $1 million and $3 million in cash, cryptocurrency, and checks — far less than he had earned but still a substantial sum.
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The federal raids happen while Wall is on what may be his first-ever real family vacation in Portugal with his parents and sister. His partner Chris calls with the news: all the warehouses hit, feds seized the money, get a lawyer. Wall flies back not to surrender but to salvage what he can — no one has been arrested yet, which tells him the feds are still building the case. He anonymously retains Eduardo Balerizo, an attorney known for representing El Chapo, paying a $50,000 retainer. The attorney returns within two weeks: there is a sealed indictment, there is one California resident on it, and if you're not Jonathan Wall, you have nothing to worry about. Wall dismantles his life — ditches his phones, moves into a Volkswagen van — and begins planning exit from the United States.
Using a friend's passport, Wall walked across the US-Mexico border at Tijuana, flew to Tapachula, and crossed into Guatemala on an inner-tube raft for the equivalent of two dollars. In his backpack: $100,000 in cash, a crypto thumb drive, and a portfolio of post-dated checks.
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