Salvatore Maranzano - Castellammarese War

Castellammarese War

Maranzano took over a faction of the Italian-American underworld at odds with the Mafia "boss of bosses" Joseph Masseria. This resulted in the murder, in April 1931, of Masseria and the end of the Castellammare War with Maranzano victorious.

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