hunt for Palulu, 118–119, 128–130
Idalia Fernandez and, 15, 16–18
Ernestico Torres and, 146–147, 163–164, 166–173, 180–183
Adorno, Hank, 215, 224, 226–227
“the Alejos conspiracy,” 104
Aleman, José, 60
Alonso, Fabio, 218
Alonso, Juan Pablo, 352–353
Alpha 66, 104, 190, 464
Alto Songo, Cuba, 6
Altuve, Oracio, 183, 386–387
Aluart, José, 449–450, 462
Alvarez, Consuela, 504
Alvarez, Ismael “Loco,” 131–132, 134, 135
Alvarez, Manny Jr., 491, 498
Alvarez, Manny Sr., 491, 498
Alvarez, Oscar, 323, 332, 334
American Mob. See also Trafficante, Santo, Jr.
alliance with CIA and Cuban exiles, 50, 51–54, 205
arrangement with Corporation, 194–195
arson wars with Corporation, 275, 276–281, 284, 290, 297
assassination of John Kennedy and, 59
Cafaro testimony, 482
characteristics, 174–175
La Compañía and, 253–256
decrease in strength, 455–456
Five Families, 70, 74
Genovese crime family, 193–194
Hopkins and, 482
Lansky, 4, 9, 51
Lucchese crime family, 195, 245–247, 253, 273, 455–456
origins of traditional, 1
plots to assassinate Castro and, 61, 62–63
Tampa bolita business, 9, 67, 68
U.S. government and, during World War II, 51
Arcacha, 379–380
Arocena, Eduardo, 242
Arroz, Esperanza, 337, 339
“the arson wars,” 275, 276–281, 284, 290, 297
Artime, Manuel, 53, 54
Avila, Rene, 93, 159–160, 170, 171
Aviles, Hector, 277
Barker, Bernard, 57, 101, 375
Barquin, Chino, 115
Barreto, Berta, 42, 43
Batista, Fulgencio, 2, 4, 10, 50, 77
Battisti y Lora, Amleto, 8
Battle, Aldo
bolita business in Miami, 68
FBI surveillance of, 85
indictment of, 90
Battle, Elda, 113
Battle, Gustavo
bolita business in Miami, 68
cocaine sales, 76, 109
Duarte and, 79–82
imprisoned for narcotics, 82
murder of Ernestico Torres, 182–184
Trafficante and, 66–67
Battle, Hiram
bolita business in Miami, 68
FBI surveillance of, 85
indictment of, 90
Battle, José Miguel, Jr. “Miguelito”
arrest and counseling, 175–176
characteristics, 95
in charge of all family assets, 472–473, 475
in charge of bolita business, 230–231, 243–245, 249, 263
childhood, 92
discovery of Maurilio Marquez connection, 496
effect of The Godfather on, 346
entrapment of Ernestico Torres, 166–167, 170, 171, 177, 180–183
father’s Pervuian casino, 385–386
kidnapping of, 308–310
relationship with father, 174–175, 266, 307, 393–394
release from prison, 521
return to U.S., 100
RICO arrest, 502–504
RICO trial, 507, 510–511
Rydz and, 230, 243–245, 249, 266–267, 268–273, 307–308, 325–326, 346–347, 456–457
Battle, Maria Josefa, 7, 252, 307, 456, 521
Battle, Pedro
bolita business in Miami, 68
bounty offered for killer of, 118
characteristics, 109
cocaine business in Miami, 76
cocaine business in New York City, 109, 110
Duarte and, 79–81
funeral, 116
murder of, 112–114
return to New York, 99
in Spain, 94
Battle, Sergio “Richie,” 68, 326
Battle y Vargas, José Miguel, Sr. “El Gordo,” 13, 254. See also bolita business and José Miguel Battle y Vargas; Corporation; 2506 Brigade
Alvarez and, 131–132, 135
American Mob and, 194–195
arrest of, by Shanks, 462–463, 465–467
background, 6, 10–11
baseball and, 173
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 11–12, 27
Broche and, 369–371
Brown and, 211
casino in Peru, 374–375, 384–386, 389–394, 405–408, 419–420
characteristics, 87, 88, 90–91, 92–93, 95, 285, 405
cocaine sales, 76, 82, 109, 351–355, 359, 480
cocaine use, 265, 432, 433, 442
cockfighting, 140, 283, 328, 330, 349–350
compassionate release, 514–516
Contras and, 314
at Danbury Correctional Facility, 100–103
Dávila and, 137–138, 139, 195
death of Pedro, 115–116, 516
deportation from Peru, 440–445, 446–447
DeVilliers Sr. and, 372–375
effect of The Godfather on, 117–118, 330, 432
entrapment of Ernestico Torres, 166–173, 179–183
FBI surveillance of, 83–86, 91
firearms and passport fraud indictments, 229, 471–472
firearms possession trial, 475–479
first indictment of, 90–92
at Florida State Prison in Raiford, 228, 229, 242
at Fort Benning, 55–56, 63
Fox and, 6
Freemasons and, 25
health, 463, 465, 466, 481, 493, 514
as hero after rescue of paratroopers, 32–33
Hurricane Andrew, 382–383
Idalia Fernandez and, 134
imprisonment in Isle of Pines, 39–40
Jesús and, 8
kidnapping of Miguelito, 308–310
knee surgery, 344, 345–349
Lagos and, 92–93
Mella and, 121–124
Mujica and, 63, 64, 65
murder of Fernandez, 290–294
murder of Hooded Witness, 204
murder of Negrin, 242
murder of Ernestico Torres, 15, 16, 17, 163–164, 210, 216, 222–227, 228, 238–239
murder of Torriente, 107–109
in New York City after Army service, 63
Palulu and, 118–119, 128–130, 231–232, 257, 258–262
plot to assassinate John Kennedy and, 62
as police officer in Havana, 4, 5, 7
Posada and, 57, 105–106
power of, 18
President’s Commission on Organized
Crime hearings, 300, 303–305
prohibition against sports betting, 142–143
publicly identified as Walled, 440
raid on estate, 461–465
Ramirez and, 428–429
relationship with son, 174–175, 266, 307, 393–394
relationship with Ernestico Torres, 140, 152–153
release from Danbury and narcotics war, 111
release from prison for firearms, 493
return to Peru, 445–446
return to U.S., 100
RICO arrest, 502
RICO trial, 507–510, 511
Runciman marriage, 418
Rydz and, 11
sense of betrayal by U.S., 46
sentencing after appeal, 242–243
sentencing for firearms possession, 479–481
shooting by, 75–76
in Spain, 93–100
at “Tombs,” 229–231
Trafficante and, 8–9, 10, 68, 70–71
in Union City, New Jersey, 11, 64
U.S. Army and citizenship, 49
war with American Mob, 275, 276–281
Watergate burglars and, 102–103
at El Zapotal, 282–284
Bautista, Romana, 263–264
Bay of Pigs invasion. See also 2506 Brigade
absence of air support, 33, 34
Batista sympathizers and, 23
CIA and, 23–24, 48
consequences, 12–13
infiltration teams, 56
invaders’ sense of betrayal by U.S., 45, 46, 48
John F. Kennedy and, 22, 34, 38, 48–49
plan, 22, 26
politics and, 22, 34
prisoners in Havana, 38
public knowledge of, 26
training for, 24
Bissell, Richard, 48
Blagar, 23, 25, 33
Blakey, Jack, 499
Blocker, Dan, 234, 236
Blumenfeld, Jack
appeal of José Miguel Battle’s conviction, 228, 238–239
background, 214–215
José Miguel Battle’s firearms and passport fraud indictments, 471–472
as executor for José Miguel Battle, 514–515
murder trial of José Miguel Battle, 215–216, 223, 224, 225–226
Ojeda and, 287–288
President’s Commission on Organized Crime, 305
RICO trial, 509, 510
sentencing of José Miguel Battle for firearms possession, 480–481
Yankees game, 220–222
bolita bankers, 5–6
bolita business
American Mob in Tampa and, 9, 67, 68
Battle-Mujica operation, 65
“bumping the numbers,” 332–333
La Compañía and, 248, 253–256, 491
Cuban Mafia control, 15–16
Dávila and, 95–96, 138
described, 3
dream books, 136
firebombing of spots, 273
importance of relationships, 64, 166
largest payout in history, 327
as Latin community tradition, 136
in Miami, 68, 76, 110, 319, 332, 411–418
movement of money, 268–273, 320–321, 451–452, 455–456
in New York City, 69, 139, 267–268, 363–364
numerology and, 137
“the two-block rule,” 253, 273–274, 491
Union City, New Jersey as base of New York
City business, 69
as victimless crime, 454
bolita business and José Miguel Battle y Vargas. See also Corporation
beginning of, 68, 70–71
Casino Crillón and, 465
José Miguel’s demand for more from, 490
Miguelito in charge, 230–231, 243–245, 307–308
Miguelito out of business, 490
move base of operations to Miami, 252
operation described, 71–73, 209–210
as Padrino, 74–76, 166
Pons and, 250, 255
power brokers and front men, 159–162
role of Ernestico Torres, 140–141
Union City police department, 84–85
Bolte, Herman, 123, 124–125, 126, 241
Bonanno crime family, 71
Bordon, Adel, 416, 417, 486–487
Bordon, Luis, Jr., 416, 417, 486–487
Bordon, Luis Adel, 412, 414–417, 448–449, 486–487
Borges, Gilberto, Sr., 345–346, 347–348, 416, 478
Born, Joe, 157–158
Bosch, Orlando, 57, 61, 190
Boyd, James “Jimmy”
background, 318
José Miguel Battle’s drug dealing, 354–355
characteristics, 319
mole in department, 348–349
Nicholas, George and, 333–334
Operation Tabletop and, 337–338
questioning of José Miguel Battle at home, 450–451
relationship with Shanks, 318, 323–324, 458, 459
retirement, 458–459
Shanks-Perez dispute, 388–389
Bringuier, Carlos, 473–474
Broche, Omar, 246, 248, 368–371, 372–373, 485
Brown, Raymond A.
background, 211–214, 215
José Miguel Battle and, 211, 471
murder trial of José Miguel Battle, 215–216, 224–225, 227
Butenko, John W., 212
Cabrera, Edith José, 353–354
Cabrera, Luis “Lucho,” 407
Cafaro, Vincent “Fish,” 231, 482, 484–485
Capdavilla, Carlos, 336, 339, 342–343
Carrero, Nene, 74
Carter, Rubin “Hurricane,” 212–213
The Cash Connection: Organized Crime, Financial Institutions, and Money Laundering, 297
Casino Crillón
early success, 418–420
end of operation, 460–461
investors, 390, 402–403, 405, 406, 429–430, 485–486, 495
money movement, 403–404, 427–429, 465
opening of, 373–375, 384–386, 389–390, 406
sale of, 456
Sendero Luminoso threat, 422–424
Shanks’s investigation, 494–495
staff, 391–395, 399–402, 407, 419–420, 430–435
Castillo, Guillermo, 400, 422–423, 424, 494–495
Castillo del Príncipe, 38–39
Castro, Angel, 278, 279
Castro, Fidel. See also Bay of Pigs invasion
Bolte and, 125
casinos and, 10
communism of, 2
Cuban exiles split about, 192–193, 239–240, 517–519
death, 521
exiles’ feelings of betrayal by, 2–3
as Freemason, 25
as Marxist-Leninist, 2
Rescate and, 51
U.S. government plots against, 49–54, 60, 61, 62–63, 189–190, 205, 311
Watergate break-in as struggle against, 101
Castro, Raúl, 520
Cerron, Velario, 409, 410, 441
Chacon, 80–81
Chau, Wilfredo, 390, 406, 429–430, 495
Chiang, Ricardo, 390, 406, 429–430, 495
Church, Frank, 205
CIA
alliance with American Mob and Cuban exiles, 50, 51–54, 205
alliance with Cuban exiles, 103–105
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 23–24, 48
campaign agaisnt Sandinistas, 312, 316–317
Operation Mongoose, 55, 58, 62, 102, 103, 205
Roberto Parsons and, 375–376, 378
plots against Castro, 49–54, 60, 61, 62–63, 189–190, 205
Felix Rodriguez and, 315–316
training at Fort Benning, 55, 56
Watergate break-in and, 101–102
Cienfuegos, Osmany, 37
Clinton Correctional Facility, 187–188, 257
Club Campestre, 329–330
Coalition of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU), 190
cocaine. See narcotics
cockfighting, 140, 283, 327–330, 349–350
Coleman, Calvin, 278–279
Committee of 75, 239, 241
La Compañía (the Company)
American Mob and, 253–256
Corporation and, 267–270, 273–275, 491, 498–499
formation, 248
reemergence, 491
in remission, 310
Cook, Billy, 234–236
Corallo, Anthony “Tony Ducks,” 253
Cornely, Michael, 296
Corporation
anti-Castro movement and, 13, 14
arrangement with American Mob, 194–195
arson wars with American Mob, 275, 276–281, 284, 290, 297
Bordon and, 416–418
characteristics, 174–175
La Compañía and, 254–256, 267–270, 273–275, 491, 498–499
criminal jurisdiction issue, 453
Cuban Mafia renamed as, 244–245
indictments of, by Lacey, 90
informant within, 91–92
meetings, 139, 141, 163
&n
bsp; members, 73, 365
murders arranged by Pons, 250–251
name change, 244
organizational structure, 284
President’s Commission on Organized Crime hearings, 298–300
return of José Miguel Battle, 249–251, 490
shift in non-Latinos’ concept of, 296–297
Ernestico Torres’s role in, 140–142
in Washington Heights (New York City), 111–114, 139, 141
weekly earnings in mid-1990s, 456
Cortez, Juan, 351–352
Crespo, Prudencio, 278–279
Crillón, Valerio, 434
Croes, George, 400, 424
Cruz, Miguel, 472–475
Cuba. See also Bay of Pigs invasion; Castro, Fidel; entries beginning with Cuban; 2506 Brigade
assassination of John Kennedy and, 59
Batista, Fulgencio, 2, 4, 10, 50, 77
Havana casinos after Castro, 10
Havana casinos before Castro, 4–5
Kennedy at Orange Bowl, 47–48
Mariel boatlift, 258–259
Missile Crisis, 41–42
1997 bombings in Havana, 468–470
student attack on presidential palace, 77–78
Torriente “Work Plan for Liberation,” 107
Watergate burglars and, 101
“the Cuba Project,” 50
Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), 387–398, 470
Cuban exiles
actions against Cuba and its allies, 190–191
alliance with CIA, 103–105
alliance with CIA and American Mob, 50, 51–54
Alpha 66, 104, 190, 464
assassination of John Kennedy, 62
Clinton and, 396–397
Contras in Nicaragua, 311, 312–314
FBI Cuban Task Force tracking of, 82
feelings of betrayal by Castro, 2–3
militants’ attitude toward José Miguel Battle, 519–520
Omega 7, 14, 135, 190, 239–242
in Spain, 94–100
split between militants and those wanting dialog with Castro, 192–193, 239–240, 517–519
Torriente murder, 107–109
Trafficante and, 66
Watergate break-in and, 100–103
Cuban Nationalist Association (CNA), 214
Cuban Nationalist Movement, 135
Cuello, Manuel, 164
Cuesta, Angelo, 258, 259, 260
Curlette, Clarke, 157–158
Danbury Correctional Facility, 100–103
Dannemora, 187–188, 257
Dávila, Humberto “Isleño”
bolitas in Lucchese territory, 195, 245, 246–248
La Compañía and, 248, 253–256
concern about characteristics of José Miguel Battle, 137–138
as “old school” bolitero, 95–96, 137, 138–139
as partner of José Miguel Battle, 138, 139
retirement from bolita business, 305–306
return to New York, 99
Ernestico Torres and, 98, 141, 162
Trafficante and, 138
Dávila, Jorge “George,” 269–270
Dávila, Tony “Cuban Tony,” 492, 501