Originally posted by Enzo Scifo: Wat was the deal then about Altobello? Was he a Corleone-friend who took over the Barzini, Tattaglia, Cuneo, or Stracci familiy?
Or...maybe has was Capo of the 6th family. There you go Plaw, I solved your mistery. There are indeed 6 families. But the sixth worked somehow together with the Corleone. So they weren't punished in the 5-families-murder. Zasa was a capo, or underboss that eventually took over the family after Altobello retired on a way Vito also did.
Altobello was a boss of the Tattaglia Family (according to Winegardner ). He took over from Rico Tattaglia, Phillip´s brother
). He took over from Rico Tattaglia, Phillip´s brother