Toodoped, I also read that Virginia Hill, who was fluent in Spanish, was directing heroin trafficking out of Mexico for Chicago. Do you know more about that?
I've read about her being in fact a Chicago mob girl and that she used to hung around with many representatives from different countries so there's a possibility that she was used as a spy or even maybe in some cases as negotiator in some business deals such as narcotics. Besides being a lady, Hill was a very shrewd and smart individual.
The other individual which was fluent in Spanish was Richard Cain aka Scalzetti. He directed narcotics and gambling operations around Central and South America for Giancana, together with Mugsy Tortoriello and Hyman Larner.
