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The Rochester Mafia Bombings

The Rochester Mafia Bombings

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In 1970 the Rochester crime family boss Frank Valenti ordered a series of false flag bombings, hoping to draw the federal authorities’ attention away from his criminal organization and onto anti-war activists.

Sources

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab

American Mafia: The History of its Rise to Power by Thomas Repetto

The New York City Historical Society exhibit on the Italian-American Mafia

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