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Diego Mendez is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as the tertiary antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

In 1984, Diego and his brother, Armando, are the two most powerful drug kingpins in Vice City, and are also well known for their philanthropist views. The brothers, who are of Bolivian descent, also control their own crime organisation.

Diego was voiced by Ruben Trujillo.

Description

Role

In GTA Vice City Stories, Diego and Armando are first mentioned by Jerry Martinez in Brawn of the Dead, when he informs Victor Vance that the cocaine shipment that he and his brother Lance had stolen from Martinez actually belonged to the Mendez Brothers.

Because of this, Lance and Victor are summoned by the Mendez brothers to explain the disappearance of their cocaine. The Vance brothers pin the theft on Martinez, and provide fake evidence to prove this. Victor and Lance continue to work for the brothers, including taking over a local biker empire site, rescuing Diego from pursuing bikers, and killing rival drug dealers. Eventually, the Vance brothers outlive their usefulness to Armando and Diego, who order the Vance brothers to surrender their businesses to the Mendezs and leave the city in exchange for their own safety. Victor refuses to do so, so the Mendez brothers attack the Vance brothers and leave them at a fuel depot in Viceport. A Mendez hitman accidentally starts a fire at the depot, but the Vance brothers manage to escape.

With their ties severed, some Mendez Cartel members unsuccessfully try to take over Victor's businesses. Victor, with the help of Ricardo Diaz, hacks a Domestobot owned by the brothers and uses it to destroy the contents of their safe. In retaliation, the Mendez Cartel kidnap Victor's girlfriend Louise. Louise later dies, and Victor murders Armando in retaliation. Following Armando's death, Diego goes into hiding in the Cartel's downtown offices. Victor steals a military helicopter and uses it to attack the Mendez Building. After being shot down, Victor enters the building and fights his way to the roof, where he confronts both Diego and Jerry Martinez. Victor kills both Diego and Jerry, wiping out the Mendez's presence in the city.

Personality

In contrast to Armando's charismatic and open personality, Diego is quieter and more reserved, and only communicates in Spanish. Despite being active within the cartel's operations, Diego tends to leave the business matters to Armando. When he is not working, he can often be seen reading alone, and, as shown when Victor tries to converse with him, can become annoyed if he is interrupted. It is also implied that Diego once had a relationship with Reni Wassulmaier. According to Armando, both he and Diego are utilitarians, with Diego being a fan of Plato's work and Armando being a fan of Aristotle's work. Utilitarism is the theory that mankind should always look towards finding pleasure, which is highlighted by both brothers becoming drug dealers for personal gain.

Character design

The Mendez Brothers are possibly based on the character's of the 'Diaz Brothers' a pair of fraternal drug dealers who are mentioned in the 1983 film Scarface. Their names are a reference to Argentinean footballer Diego Armando Maradona.

Gallery

Mission Appearances

GTA Vice City Stories

Blitzkrieg (Post mission pager message)
The Mugshot Longshot (Boss)
Taking the Fall (Post mission pager message)
Unfriendly Competition (Boss)
Farewell to Arms (Post-mission pager message)
Burning Bridges (Boss/Betrayal)
Last Stand (Killed)

Trivia

In Diego's artwork, he is holding a Beretta M12 sub-machine gun, which is absent from the game.
Like Massimo Torini from GTA LCS, Diego does not directly talk to the protagonist. Although unlike Toni, Victor actually tried to converse with him in the mission Unfriendly Competition while he was reading a book, although Diego gets frustrated and tells his brother in Spanish to meet with Vic.

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 {{infobox character
 |name = Diego Méndez
 |image = DiegoMendez-GTAVCS.jpg
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 |games = [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]
 |gender = M
+|status = [[Last Stand|Deceased]]
 |dod = [[1984]]
-|home = [[Mendez Mansion]], [[Prawn Island]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]
+|home = [[Mendez Mansion]], [[Prawn Island]], [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]]
-|nationality = Bolivian
+|nationality = [[File:Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png|22px|link=wikipedia:Bolivia]] [[Bolivia|Bolivian]]
-|family = [[Armando Mendez]] <small>(brother)</small>
+|family = [[Armando Mendez]] <small>(Brother)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}
-|affiliations = [[Victor Vance]] <br> [[Lance Vance]] <br> [[Reni Wassulmaier]] <br> [[Jerry Martinez]] <br> [[Mendez Cartel]] <br> [[Bryan Forbes]] <br> [[Domestobot]]
+|affiliations = [[Mendez Cartel]]<br>[[Victor Vance]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}[[Lance Vance]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}[[Reni Wassulmaier]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Jerry Martinez]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}[[Bryan Forbes]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}
 |vehicles = Blue [[Sentinel XS]]
 |businesses = Drug Dealing
 |voice = [[Ruben Trujillo]]
+}}
-|status = Deceased}}
 '''Diego Mendez''' is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as the tertiary [[antagonist]] of [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]].
-He and his brother [[Armando Mendez]] are the two most powerful drug kingpins and well known philanthropists in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] circa 1984, and the heads of their own crime organization, The [[Mendez Cartel]] when the events of the game takes place. The brothers are of Bolivian descent.
+In 1984, Diego and his brother, [[Armando Mendez|Armando]], are the two most powerful drug kingpins in [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]], and are also well known for their philanthropist views. The brothers, who are of Bolivian descent, also control their own [[Mendez Cartel|crime organisation]].
 Diego was voiced by [[Ruben Trujillo]].
-== Description ==
+==Description==
-=== Role ===
+===Role===
-In GTA Vice City Stories, Diego and Armando are first mentioned in mission [[Brawn of the Dead]] by Jerry Martinez, telling [[Victor Vance]] that the shipment of coke that he and his brother Lance had stolen from them belonged to the Mendez Brothers.
+In GTA Vice City Stories, Diego and Armando are first mentioned by [[Jerry Martinez]] in [[Brawn of the Dead]], when he informs [[Victor Vance]] that the cocaine shipment that he and his brother [[Lance Vance|Lance]] had [[From Zero to Hero|stolen]] from Martinez actually belonged to the Mendez Brothers.
+Because of this, Lance and Victor are summoned by the Mendez brothers to explain the disappearance of their cocaine. The Vance brothers pin the theft on Martinez, and [[The Mugshot Longshot|provide fake evidence to prove this]]. Victor and Lance continue to work for the brothers, including [[Hostile Takeover|taking over]] a local biker empire site, [[High Wire|rescuing]] Diego from pursuing bikers, and [[Unfriendly Competition|killing]] rival drug dealers. Eventually, the Vance brothers outlive their usefulness to Armando and Diego, who order the Vance brothers to surrender their businesses to the Mendezs and leave the city in exchange for their own safety. Victor refuses to do so, so the Mendez brothers attack the Vance brothers and leave them at a fuel depot in [[Viceport]]. A Mendez hitman accidentally starts a fire at the depot, but the Vance brothers manage to escape.
-Diego and Armando have Vic and Lance brought to them, where they tell them Martinez stole the shipment, and [[The Mugshot Longshot|use some pictures of Martinez with the cops and a fake license to prove this to the Mendez's]]. Vic and Lance keep working for the Mendez brothers until Armando decides to take over all of the Vance's businesses by dumping them in a burning oil storage and leaving them for dead.
+With their ties severed, some Mendez Cartel members unsuccessfully try to [[Blitzkrieg Strikes Again|take over]] Victor's businesses. Victor, with the help of [[Ricardo Diaz]], hacks a [[Domestobot]] owned by the brothers and uses it to [[Domo Arigato Domestoboto|destroy]] the contents of their safe. In retaliation, the Mendez Cartel kidnap Victor's girlfriend [[Louise Cassidy-Williams|Louise]]. Louise later dies, and Victor murders Armando in retaliation. Following Armando's death, Diego goes into hiding in the Cartel's [[The Mendez Building|downtown offices]]. Victor [[Over the Top|steals]] a [[Hunter|military helicopter]] and uses it to [[Last Stand|attack]] the Mendez Building. After being shot down, Victor enters the building and fights his way to the roof, where he confronts both Diego and [[Jerry Martinez]]. Victor kills both Diego and Jerry, wiping out the Mendez's presence in the city.
-Diego, after hearing his brother was killed at the hands of Vic Vance, seeks refuge in his compound in [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]]. Then Vic Vance, with the help of Ricardo Diaz and [[Phil Cassidy]], [[Over The Top|steals]] a [[Hunter]] helicopter and uses it to raid the compound. He is eventually shot down, but [[Last Stand|makes it]] to the compound and after slaughtering many of Diego's men, confronts Diego in the compound's roof. There they are joined by Jerry Martinez and a final confrontation starts where Victor manages to kill both Martinez And Diego for good.
-=== Behavior ===
+==Personality==
-Diego is the more quiet of the two brothers and only speaks Spanish. Despite being active in running the cartel operations, he prefers to shy away from the "business" end of it, mostly leaving these to his far more charismatic brother. Whenever not working, he is mostly seen reading on his own and, as demonstrated when Victor tries to talk to him during mission [[Unfriendly Competition]], he gets very aggravated when people interrupt his reading. [[Reni Wassulmaier]] implies that he/she had relations with Diego.
+In contrast to Armando's charismatic and open personality, Diego is quieter and more reserved, and only communicates in Spanish. Despite being active within the cartel's operations, Diego tends to leave the business matters to Armando. When he is not working, he can often be seen reading alone, and, as shown when Victor tries to converse with him, can become annoyed if he is interrupted. It is also implied that Diego once had a relationship with [[Reni Wassulmaier]]. According to Armando, both he and Diego are utilitarians, with Diego being a fan of Plato's work and Armando being a fan of Aristotle's work. Utilitarism is the theory that mankind should always look towards finding pleasure, which is highlighted by both brothers becoming drug dealers for personal gain.
+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Characters in GTA Vice City Stories]]
+[[Category:Deceased characters]]
+[[Category:Antagonists]]
+[[Category:Mission givers]]
+[[Category:Gangsters]]
+[[Category:Gang leaders]]
-=== Character design ===
+==Character design==
-Diego bears a resemblance to [[wp:Giorgio Moroder|Giorgio Moroder]] circa 1984. The Mendez brothers' names are a play on Argentinean soccer star, [[wp:Diego Maradona|Diego Armando Maradona]].
+The Mendez Brothers are possibly based on the character's of the 'Diaz Brothers' a pair of fraternal drug dealers who are mentioned in the 1983 film ''Scarface''. Their names are a reference to Argentinean footballer [[wp:Diego Maradona|Diego Armando Maradona]].
-==Trivia==
+==Gallery==
-*Diego and his brother are possibly based on the character's of the 'Diaz Brothers' a pair of fraternal drug dealers who are mentioned in the 1983 film ''Scarface'' and physically featured in its 2006 video game adaption.
-*In Diego's artwork, he is holding a Beretta M12 sub-machine gun, which is absent from the game.
-*According to Armando, he and Diego are utilitarians, as well as Diego being a fan of Plato's work while Armando is a fan of Aristotle's work. This is true; Utilitarism defends that mankind should always look towards finding pleasure, while both brothers have become drug dealers for personal gain.
-== Gallery ==
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 * [[Burning Bridges]] <small>(Boss/Betrayal)</small>
 * [[Last Stand]] <small>(Killed)</small>
+==Trivia==
+*In Diego's artwork, he is holding a Beretta M12 sub-machine gun, which is absent from the game.
+*Like [[Massimo Torini]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA LCS]], Diego does not directly talk to the protagonist. Although unlike [[Toni Cipriani|Toni]], [[Victor Vance|Victor]] actually tried to converse with him in the mission Unfriendly Competition while he was reading a book, although Diego gets frustrated and tells his brother in Spanish to meet with Vic.
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