 Tampa organized crime boss Santo Trafficante Jr. is pictured at the Sans Souci nightsclub in Havana, Cuba. [Skyhorse Publishing/Library of Congress] THOMAS MAIER’S DETAIL-PACKED BUT ENTERTAINING BOOK RECOUNTS THE CIA’s PLOT TO KILL CASTRO WITH THE HELP OF MAFIA BOSSES.
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 Members of the Tampa Mafia: Santo Trafficante Sr., standing, second from left. Sitting: Alphonso Diecidue and Ignazio Antinori. AN IMMIGRANT AT AGE 15, HE ROSE TO POWER VIA BOOTLEGGING, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, EVENTUALLY RELINQUISHING POWER TO SON
 The original Malio's Restaurant located on South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida. THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF TAMPA'S UNDERWORLD IS OFTEN INTERTWINED WITH SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST CHERISHED LANDMARKS AND POPULAR RESTAURANTS
 Fidel Castro’s revolution swept former president Fulgencio Batista out of Cuba on December 31, 1958. Castro eventually shut down the Mob-run casinos and nightclubs in Havana. Courtesy of Library of Congress. LANSKY, TRAFFICANTE AND OTHER MOBSTERS LOST BIG 60 YEARS AGO, BUT LAS VEGAS BENEFITED
 James Horace Alderman (Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard) RUMRUNNER JAMES ALDERMAN HANGED IN FLORIDA AFTER SHOOTING TWO COAST GUARDSMAN DEAD IN 1926
 Santo Trafficante Jr. (John Binder Collection) QUIET BUT POWERFUL EX-CUBA CASINO OWNER WAS TARGET OF ‘DONNIE BRASCO’ STING
 Tito Rubio, a top dog in the Tampa bolita gambling racket, was killed on March 9, 1938. The murder has never been solved. EIGHTY YEARS LATER, THE SHOTGUN MURDER OF TAMPA NUMBERS RACKETEER EVARISTO ‘TITO’ RUBIO REMAINS UNSOLVED
 Tampa's Kingpin Charlie Wall shown in his icon bathrobe in his bedroom in his home in Ybor City. HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITERS DARE NOT DREAM UP A MORE IMPROBABLE SCRIPT
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