Notably, the mafia had their own motivations for wanting ... by intelligence services in the mid-1970s, claims that the cigar plot, perhaps the most well-known attempt on Castro's life, began ...

He even killed a policeman. Finally, the mob had enough and had him whacked.. The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror, by Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson. (Citadel) His story is told in “The ...