With all the money that the Palermo families had, how come they couldn’t acquire the needed resources to win the war against Riina and the Corleonesi? I’m not exactly positive that Badalementi was in the best place because he was forced to leave and he and his son reportedly could not pay the million dollar bail money required to get them out of jail. But Bontade was a Freemason and he has tremendous wealth. Maybe even the richest man in the mafia at the time.
It had nothing to do with money and resources , Riina outsmarted and outplayed all of them , it took them some time to realize what is happening and who is pulling the strings.One of the first to realize what Riina was doing was Giuseppe Di Cristina but he was killed shortly after. You should watch series called "Il capo dei capi" about Riina's life and all that events , its very well done.
I will watch it. Is it in English? Buscetta said that the tension between the Palermo and corleone factions under Leggio. He used to undermine the Palermo bosses in meetings and he wanted to take the drug market away from them.
