JFK Files: Newly released documents link Chicago mob bosses to Cuban militiamen

[Judi Lynn]

By Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner via WLS logo
Thursday, December 15, 2022 7:17PM


CHICAGO (WLS) -- The public has been waiting for years to see the remaining records from the JFK assassination file. They've now been released, and Chicago names are popping up in the fine print.
On Thursday the National Archives made public nearly 1,500 documents related to the federal investigation into the 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy.

When the shots killed President Kennedy in a car in Dallas, Texas, the investigation that followed produced hundreds of thousands of records, transcripts, cables, pictures and films. The long-awaited and long-locked up documents were ordered released by the White House. In the files are expected details of Lee Harvey Oswald's connections to the Soviet Union and Cuba. Also in the document dump are new details about Chicago as a training ground for Cuban militiamen.

As the I-Team has reported over the years, Outfit bosses recruited crooked lawmen to train Cuban rebels with the goal of protecting their homeland from Fidel Castro, who was about to douse the mob's lucrative gambling mecca in the tropics.

At least nine files refer to Chicago circa 1963 and several individuals linked to the Outfit. Most notably among them are former Chicago police officer and Cook County Deputy Sheriff Richard Cain. Cain had deep connections to Chicago organized crime according to investigators, especially ruthless mob boss Sam "Momo" Giancana.

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