His great escape was....Puerto Vallarta. Great plan.
No kidding — I bet some Wheel of Fortune winners bumped into him at Puerto Vallarta
Neither he nor his mom must rate very high on the IQ scale. If you have a lot of money it is easy to get lost.
1. Put a bunch of that money overseas not under your name. Switzerland is good as the US government is really only looking for tax cheats, drug money, terrorist, and organized crime. Actually several accounts are better in different banks.
2. Walk across the border to Mexico, thus no passport records of entry.
3. If you speak Spanish go to a remote community and live a very low profile life paying cash for a very modest place to live.
4. If you do not speak Spanish go to a community which has many retired Americans and change your looks. You will not be conspicuous there.
5. Do not even consider living in Puerto Vallarta or other communities like that.
6. Another option is fly to Venezuela from Mexico, take a bus to Cucuta on the Colombian border. Cross over and then take buses (no airplanes unless you can still bribe the oficina DAS there) to where you want to go. A bribe here a bribe there makes things work, but you must speak Spanish. There are many beautiful places you can live in Columbia. In fact Bogata is an international city and you would not stand out even if you do not speak Spanish. Never never use a credit card you should not even have a credit card, if you do you deserve to be caught.
7. Never call home, never use the Internet, never mail a letter unless it is to a "trusted friend" and if you trust him you are a fool. Your former life no longer exists, you must build a new one, anything you do that will connect you to your former life is an error. It can get you caught.
8. Move rather frequently, learn the local language, blend in.
9. Once you have blended in bring small amounts of your international funds into a local bank in small transactions over the months and years.
9. Be prepared to leave on a minutes notice with cash you have in hand.
10. Never ever forget your past is history and if you try to go back to it, you will be caught. Your former name never existed. You need new official identification. It can be bought. Be careful with whom you buy from. This could be most dangerous.