16 Facts About Antonio Caponigro

Antonio Caponigro is known for ending the peaceful Bruno regime by ordering Bruno's murder over a dispute concerning the methamphetamine trade.

Antonio Caponigro operated in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey.

Antonio Caponigro was the son of a wealthy banana merchant who owned and managed a stand at the Italian Market, otherwise known as the South 9th Street Curb Market.

Antonio Caponigro had a wife, Kathleen, who died in 1991.

Antonio Caponigro had a half sister, Susan, who had a daughter out of wedlock by the name of Teresa.

Antonio Caponigro rose in rank to become the consigliere during the 1970s.

Antonio Caponigro knew that he could count on the support of several key members of Bruno's administration after the don died.

Accordingly, Antonio Caponigro traveled to New York City to consult his "friend" Frank Tieri, from the Genovese crime family.

Antonio Caponigro controlled a lucrative numbers operation in Newark, New Jersey, a holdover from the 1960s when the New York families had ceded parts of North Jersey to the Philadelphia crime family.

Antonio Caponigro appealed the territorial dispute to The Commission, which, acting on Bruno's recommendation, ruled in favor of Antonio Caponigro.

Antonio Caponigro approached Tieri with a plan to murder Bruno and take over the Philadelphia crime family.

Antonio Caponigro returned to Philadelphia believing that his planned coup was now officially sanctioned.

Antonio Caponigro recruited the support of his brother-in-law Alfred Salerno and Bruno regime capos John Simone and Frank Sindone, and ordered the assassination.

Antonio Caponigro was told that the murder had not been considered, let alone sanctioned, by the Commission.

Antonio Caponigro turned helplessly to Frank Tieri, who sat in on the meeting.

The Commission ruled that Antonio Caponigro had murdered a Commission member without authorization.