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The charge ruined his life. The government pursued him aggressively and often leaked falsehoods to the press to pressure him into cooperating.
Robert "Bobby" Ciaro (died 30 July 1975) was a union organizer for the Teamsters. Ciaro was Jimmy Hoffa's right-hand man, and he was deeply involved with union corruption; Ciaro and Hoffa were both murdered at the roadside diner in Bloomfield Township, Michigan in July 1975.
Hoffa was convicted of several serious crimes with Bobby Ciaro and sent to prison for several years. Despite his imprisonment, the union members still loved Hoffa and many of them gathered to honor him as he was being driven to a Pennsylvania prison to serve his sentence.
Hoffa and Bobby Ciaro may be working overtime in the memory department, but they are also perversely unaware of the dark forces massing against them. But then DeVito as director can't give...
Hoffa associate Bobby Ciaro (a fictionalized character played by DeVito) tells a Teamster trucker credited only as Young Kid (Frank Whaley), who is grateful to him for helping him, to go thank Hoffa instead.
In the film, both Hoffa and Bobby Ciaro are murdered by a thug and carted off in a truck. Two for the price of one.
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
