Harold Paul Rico was an FBI agent. Indicted for murder in 2003, he played a significant role in the 1968 framing of four men for murder, unjustly imprisoning them for decades. Rico was born in 1925, the son of a Spanish-American father and an Irish-American mother. He attended and graduated from Boston College. He joined the FBI in the 1950's and worked in the Boston area and he used members of the Winter Hill Gang as informants.

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  • Harold Paul Rico was an FBI agent. Indicted for murder in 2003, he played a significant role in the 1968 framing of four men for murder, unjustly imprisoning them for decades. Rico was born in 1925, the son of a Spanish-American father and an Irish-American mother. He attended and graduated from Boston College. He joined the FBI in the 1950's and worked in the Boston area and he used members of the Winter Hill Gang as informants. In 1956 he recognized a disguised James "Whitey" Bulger in a Revere bar and arrested him. In 1965 Rico received word that gangster Edward Deegan was going to be killed by members of the The Winter Hill Gang but did nothing. He then watched as Joe Barboza testified in court against four men they both knew to be innocent of the crime: Peter Limone, Henry Tameleo, Joe Salvati and Louis Greco. Tameleo died 1985 in prison and Greco died 1995 in prison, too; Salvati was released in 1997, and Limone in 2001. During U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearings in October 2003 looking into the Deegan killing, Rico responded to questions about the innocent men imprisoned with "What do you want, tears?" The two survivors and the estates of the deceased were awarded $101.7 million by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner in Boston on July 26, 2007. On October 9, 2003 Rico was indicted for murder in Oklahoma and Florida for the assassination of the millionaire Roger Wheeler on May 27, 1981. He died on January 16, 2004 in a Tulsa hospital where he was moved to from prison. He was still under indictment for the 1981 murder.
  • Ebbe un ruolo molto importante nel 1968, in quanto era sulle tracce di quattro presunti assassini, che in seguito al loro arresto fu scoperto che erano innocenti. Rico nacque nel 1925, da padre originario della Spagna e una madre originaria dell'Irlanda. Si laureò all'Università di Boston ed in seguito si unì all'FBI negli anni '50, dove lavorò nell'area meridionale di Boston usando alcuni membri della Winter Hill Gang come informatori. Nel 1956 conobbe il boss James "Whitey" Bulger e lo arrestò. Nel 1965 Rico ricevette un'informazione riguardante il bandito, innocente, Edward Deegan che stava per essere ucciso dai suoi membri. Rico sospettò Joseph Barboza come responsabile di alcuni omicidi di: Peter Limone, Henry Tameleo, Joe Salvati e Louis Greco. In realtà Tameleo morì nel 1985 e Greco morì nel 1995, entrambi in prigione; Salvati fu rilasciato nel 1997, e Limone nel 2001. Durante un'inchiesta giudiziaria, nell'ottobre 2003, fu processato Deegan in un omicidio; Rico rispose alle domande di alcuni uomini innocenti imprigionati con una frase: "Cosa volete che faccia?". Nel 2003 Rico fu accusato per assassinio, sul milionario Roger Wheeler, il 27 maggio 1981 ottobre 9. Rico morì il 16 gennaio 2004 all'ospedale di Tulsa, dopo essere sato rilasciato dalla prigione. Tutt'ora è riconosciuto colpevole per l'assassinio del 1981.
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  • Harold Paul Rico was an FBI agent. Indicted for murder in 2003, he played a significant role in the 1968 framing of four men for murder, unjustly imprisoning them for decades. Rico was born in 1925, the son of a Spanish-American father and an Irish-American mother. He attended and graduated from Boston College. He joined the FBI in the 1950's and worked in the Boston area and he used members of the Winter Hill Gang as informants.
  • Ebbe un ruolo molto importante nel 1968, in quanto era sulle tracce di quattro presunti assassini, che in seguito al loro arresto fu scoperto che erano innocenti. Rico nacque nel 1925, da padre originario della Spagna e una madre originaria dell'Irlanda. Si laureò all'Università di Boston ed in seguito si unì all'FBI negli anni '50, dove lavorò nell'area meridionale di Boston usando alcuni membri della Winter Hill Gang come informatori.
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