His disappearance remains an unsolved mystery for 46 years, although everyone points to the mafia for his murder. He was played by Oscar-winning actors Jack Nicholson (1992) and Al Pacino (2019). And the US authorities may be close to solving the mystery.
The reason for the union leader Jimmy Hoffa, whose life was portrayed on the big screen by Martin Scorsese in the movie “The Irishman”. Next to Al Pacino, and Robert de Niro.
James “Jimmy” Hoff was the American leader of the American Teamsters Union from 1957 to 1971. He disappeared on July 30, 1975 under unclear circumstances, and was officially declared dead seven years later, on July 30. 1982.
Authorities recently received information that a former Jersey City landfill worker had told him that his father had told him that he had buried Hofa’s body. His disappearance had long been linked to the American mafia, with which Hofa had a troubled relationship.
According to the New York Times, landfill worker Frank Coppola, who died in March 2020, told a friend shortly before his death that his father had confessed to him that he had been ordered by a gang of unknown men to bury his body. of Hofa underground in a metal barrel.
Agents with search warrants arrived at the site, which was a landfill, and conducted an investigation on October 25th and 26th. An FBI spokesman told the American newspaper that “the data is currently being analyzed”.
Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of the Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield, Detroit. He had told others that he was going to meet two Mafia leaders there. Anthony Giacalone and Anthony Provenzano (nicknamed “Tony Pro”). Hofa 30 minutes earlier in the appointment, called his wife and told her he would wait a few more minutes. A truck driver also saw Hofa in the parking lot, in a car with another passenger. Hofa’s wife reported that the disappearance took place that afternoon. Police found the car in the parking lot unlocked and without any indication of what happened to Hofa. Giacalone and Provenzano denied having had a meeting with Hofa at the restaurant that afternoon. Despite the extensive investigations that followed, both by the police and the FBI, they did not come to a conclusion about what happened to Hofa. On July 30, 1982, seven years later, Jimmy Hoff was officially pronounced dead. Many theories and rumors have been developed since then, but nothing has been proven.
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