Originally Posted by chin_gigante
Originally Posted by Dob_Peppino
Why was Tony Caponigro made Consiglieri?


Historically, there was something of a divide in the family between the Sicilians and the Calabrians. When Joe Rugnetta was consigliere he didn't just function as a mediator but as the head of the Calabrians in the family (in the late 1960s, Rugnetta and other figures refused to go to New Jersey for a making ceremony because none of the proposed members were Calabrians).
Caponigro was the choice of the Calabrian faction to replace Rugnetta, hence why he got the position

So were does Natz Denaro fall into the equation? what was his relationship with Bruno? and what caused the transition from Denaro to Testa?

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