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This article contains a list of contract killers, both living and deceased, sorted by the country in which they engaged in said crimes. The practice of contract killing involves a person (the contract killer) who is paid to kill one or more individuals. [1]
Contract killing has been associated with organized crime, government conspiracies, dictatorships, and vendettas. For example, in the United States, the Italian-and Jewish-American organized crime gang Murder, Inc. committed hundreds of murders on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and 1940s.
José Manuel Martínez (born June 13, 1962), [citation needed] dubbed El Mano Negra ("The Black Hand") is a Mexican-American former self-described drug cartel hitman. [2] ...
A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday. Sean Caddle, a 45-year-old former Democratic campaign ...
Newspaperman and organized crime figure. Hired and directed criminal gangs on behalf of the Hearst Corporation during Chicago's "circulation wars" of 1910–1911, and later became owner of the National Racing Wire during the 1920s and 1930s. Later used his wealth to purchase The Philadelphia Inquirer and found the Annenberg Foundation. Jailed ...
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Facciolo's murder is famous for the stuffed canary federal agents found in his mouth at the crime scene, considered to be a message to other informants. At least partially in retaliation for the 1985 murder of Castellano, arranged by John Gotti , Casso ordered Caracappa and Eppolito to kill Gambino capo Edward "Eddie" Lino.
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