 Tripodo did not see the end of the conflict.He was arrested on February 21, 1975, and incarcerated in the Poggioreale prison in Naples.On August 26, 1976, he was stabbed to death in prison on the request of the De Stefano’s with the help of Camorra boss Raffaele Cutolo, the boss of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO) who worked with the De Stefano’s in drug trafficking.