He was caught in a week.
Aggressive surveillance detection (ASD) teaches agents that if an escape route is convenient in a hot situation, it is an ambush funnel. not because they are suicidal, but because they know that "backing down" usually means walking directly into the kill box. secret+mission+undercover+agents+never+back+down+hot
But the rule still holds:
But Penkovsky knew the stakes. The Cuban Missile Crisis was days away. If he backed down, the world might end in nuclear fire. So, despite the heat—despite knowing he was walking into a trap—he walked to the drop site. He was arrested, taken to Lubyanka Prison, and executed. He backed down from nothing. He was caught in a week
This is the "Golden Escape" trap.