 Through his membership or seat on the Sicilian Mafia Commission or "Cupola", Geraci like several of his fellow mafia capos was directly held responsible for the killings of Antimafia judges Cesare Terranova, Rocco Chinnici, Antonio Saetta, Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino, the communist politician Pio La Torre and Carabinieri captain Emanuele Basile.In the 1990s a war of power in Partinico set the Geraci family against the Vitale family, headed by Vito Vitale.The Geraci's were loyal to Provenzano, while the Vitale's were supported by Totò Riina and Leoluca Bagarella.