Government and organized crime experts tend to agree that no group will come close to having the kind of influence the LCN had at its peak. The factors that enabled the Mafia to become what it did are no longer there. Law enforcement is too on the ball. Besides, how does a cartel or gang (which depends almost solely on drugs) become similar to a diversified mob family? And the Russians never became what many back in the 1990s predicted they would.

Incidentally, the Mexican cartels will always have the upper hand with gangs in the US, as they control the drug supply. La Eme makes its money by exacting tribute from gang members who sell drugs. Going to war with the cartels would be make no sense.