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The Corporation

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by T. J. English


  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 40, 57–58, 60, 61, 375

  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

 

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