who knows why texas never had much of a lcn presence, there are many reasons, the main one being simply the lack of italians along with the area being so far away from the northeast. people often use theories such as "the mexican mafia would wipe them out" ect. we have seen this line of reasoning used repeatedly to explain why the L.A. family never grew to rival families in chicago and the northeast, its simply not true.

it seems that too many people have this notion in their heads that when different criminal organizations operate in the same area that they line up opposing each other revolutionary war style and fight it out, with the winner being the last man standing. forget the fact that different groups have different rackets, forget the fact that they run in entirely different social circles.

the various street/prison gangs and cartels operating in texas are far from simple drug dealers, but these groups are so preoccupied with killing each other and avoiding being killed that they wouldn't notice, much less care imo if a lcn family had some local influences, be it gambling or semi-legit businesses. there is always the chance of some conflict, but the risks of something exploding into an all-out war is equally overblown. just my opinion.