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Carlos Marcello, the man behind the JFK assassination, Stefano Vaccara ; translated from the Italian by Robert L. Miller

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index

individual biography

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Carlos Marcello

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Stefano Vaccara ; translated from the Italian by Robert L. Miller

the man behind the JFK assassination

"Carlos Marcello -- the "Little Man -- appeared as a witness before the Kefauver Committee on January 25, 1951, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment over one hundred times, refusing to respond to questioning. On March 24, 1959, he was called to testify again before the McClellan Committee on labor racketeering and organized crime. Robert F. Kennedy was chief counsel; his brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, was also on the committee. Marcello again invoked the Fifth Amendment and JFK publicly warned him that he would become a target for investigation. As soon as he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy personally made sure the Mafia chief was deported to Guatemala under dubious conditions that placed the Little Man's life at risk. The New Orleans boss swore to seek revenge"--Page 4 of cover. ; New Orleans is the true birthplace of the Sicilian mafia in America. Carlos Marcello controlled organized crime in Louisiana and across the Southeast in the 1950s and '60s. He was untouchable until he met the Kennedy Brothers. Once Robert Kennedy became attorney general, Marcello was deported to Guatemala and swore to seek revenge. It became a duel to the death. Marcello found his "patsy," a former marine with a Russian wife. Lee Harvey Oswald was the perfect fall guy but he never pulled the trigger.