When the Colombo war ended with Orena's defeat, 12 people were dead out of 24 murder targets.

Mr. Mesi was in jail on a weapons-possession conviction during the height of the Colombo wars last spring.

Colombo's shooting would start the Second Colombo war with the Gallo crew.

The last killing, on May 22, 1992, was part of the bloody Colombo war of that era.

Regardless, the Colombo shooting triggered the Second Colombo war.

The Second Colombo war continued on and off for the next several years.

The third Colombo war had begun.

It was the elder Persico's decision to install his son on the family throne that ignited the bloody Colombo war in 1991.

Cutolo play a key role in the 1991 to 1993 Colombo war.

In early 1993, Cutolo and six of his crew members were arrested and held without bail on racketeering murder charges from the Colombo war.