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Santos Trafficante, Jr. was an organized-crime leader who was contacted by Robert Maheu in 1960 as part of Central Intelligence Agency operations to assassinate Fidel Castro. Trafficante, Jr., along with Sam Giancana and Johnny Rosselli, was enlisted to assist in these efforts, which involved Cuban exiles.1

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  1. Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎