I agree to some extent. From different articles & other forums I have read it seem that the Surenos barrios still have hostilities between each other and Nortenos are more organized than them. No doubt at the successful influence of La Eme but let's not forget the Nuestra Famalia have done the same.
I think it might be reasonable to say that the NF and Nortenos may be a bit more organized than the EME is with the Southsiders. Definitely the Nortenos are FAR more unified in the streets. In prison both are probably close or equality organized and unified.
The Northener gangs also have more of a incentive to be unified because of all the gangs in NorCal that have decided to be Surenos up there, so instead of fighting one another, they use their energies on hating and fighting against the so called Southern Invasion.
Southsider gangs aren't very unified for the most part. It gets worse in LA within the actual city because there's just way too many gangs and gang members for the EME to micromanage and be able to effectively influence.
When the meetings first took place in 93, they tried to get everyone to squash all their long standing beefs and instead focus on attacking Blacks.
Some of the old rivalries were too deep and there were already gang related murders taking place within days. But they did manage to set the No Drive By rule and put it into effect and drive bys are still very much frowned upon among just about every Southsiders gang. It did cut down the murder rate I believe.
The thing is it depends on the area and the actual EME member that controls the territory wether or not the gangs will fall in line with every rule passed down.
Some places just outside of LA in the Inland Empire there's old gang rivalries that were put to rest back in the 90s and they followed the orders of the EME members that wanted this to happen. Mainly because the gangs in the area were taking orders from EME members that were also from their local neighborhoods. The Gang will more than likely be happy to work for and be loyal to an EME member that is one of their own homeboys from the neighborhood or at least the general area.
These types of gangs usually have strong and direct ties to the Mexican Mafia which means more organization and more of an emphasis on making money.
Small and newer gangs in South Central LA may be very violent and hardcore but are less likely to have direct EME ties so the only ties they have is when they pay taxes to the tax collector who most likely isn't a MExican Mafia member either. And many don't pay anything because they aren't on the map and their activities come down to tagging walls and fist fighting.
