Martin Madrazo

"I love you... in an appropriate way I mean. If I didn't, you would be dead, of course."

- Martin congratulating the GTA Online Protagonist after completing a mission.

Martín Madrazo is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto V and a main character in Grand Theft Auto Online.

The head of his own Mexican-American drug Cartel, Madrazo is a powerful and wealthy legitimate businessman settled in Los Santos with his wife, Patricia. During the events of Grand Theft Auto V, he forcefully hires co-protagonist Michael De Santa following an incident that cost him millions of dollars.

In both of his appearances, Madrazo was voiced by Alfredo Huereca.

Background
"Mr. Madrazo... Mr. Madrazo is a legitimate businessman. He was wrongfully accused of... running a Mexican-American gang and a narcotic ring, but the charges were dropped because of the witnesses came up... missing."

- Franklin Clinton to Michael De Santa.

At some point in his life, Madrazo became the head of the most ruthless Mexican narcotic gangs in the Los Santos area. Due to his status, he has been summoned to several court cases involving his gang activity, but has not yet been convicted as any witnesses willing to testify were silenced.

Madrazo has been married to his wife Patricia since 1983. However, Madrazo mistreats and cheats on her, and is having an affair with a Russian woman named Natalia Zverovna.

Events of GTA Online
"Well, you're the talk of the streets, my friend. Can I call you that? I feel we will be great friends."

- Martin, upon meeting the protagonist in person.

Madrazo is one of the people hiring the protagonist for their jobs and tasks. Once the player reaches rank 18, Madrazo calls them, introducing himself and the Gang Attacks feature, telling the protagonist to destroy his rivals' hideouts.

Following the first mission for Madrazo, the protagonist meets Martin in person, near his mansion. Afterwards, Madrazo starts giving the protagonist various missions, often asking him to eliminate rivals and other threats to his business.

Meeting De Santa
Madrazo first appears when Michael De Santa and Franklin Clinton pull down his mistress' deck, which a tennis coach who had been cheating with his wife Amanda had been hiding on. Madrazo's mistress takes the phone from the coach, who is telling Michael that it was not his home that was destroyed, and Natalia tells the former bank robber that Madrazo gave the "green light" (a hit) on him.

Franklin Clinton holds the hitmen off as Michael drives back to his mansion, but Madrazo appears soon after. He takes Franklin's driver's license and tells the repossession agent to give Michael a background on him, telling the retired bank robber that he was a "legitimate businessman wrongly accused of leading a Mexican narcotics gang", and Madrazo beats Michael with a bat before leaving.

Once Michael pays him for the damages and destruction of the house, Madrazo shows some gratitude and is pleased that Michael kept his word.

Employing De Santa and Philips
A while later, Madrazo calls Michael for a job, driving to his ranch in Vinewood Hills. Also with Michael was Trevor Philips, who had a crush on Patricia. Madrazo told them that he needed his cousin Javier killed because he was thinking of testifying against Madrazo, so he set up a gun in the hills, which would be used to shoot Javier's plane down.

Afterwards, Trevor returned to Madrazo's home with some sensitive files retrieved from the plane wreck and when Madrazo refused to pay him, he first cut Madrazo's ear off, before stealing his wife and car and driving off to Trevor's trailer, where he and Michael stayed for a short time.

In order to prevent Madrazo from killing him and Trevor, Michael retrieved an Aztec fertility statue from a sunken container and gave it to him as a peace offering (knowing that Madrazo was fond of such artifacts, having seen several of them in his house). Madrazo's wife is returned to him, but Trevor threatens to kill him if he ever mistreats her again, so after this point, Madrazo is not heard from again. However his wife will make two phone calls to Trevor, each time speaking to him only briefly before saying she has to go because Madrazo is coming.

Personality
Madrazo is often described as a psychopath because of his short temper and his ruthless methods of dealing with people whom go against him. Despite this, he shows gratitude to Michael when he paid for the house and despite their rocky beginnings, Madrazo trusted Michael enough to employ him. He is also a misogynist, as he mistreats his wife and has had several affairs with other women.

Madrazo seems to respect people who respect him back as seen in GTA Online, where he will be friendly towards the protagonist and calls them his friend if the job he gave was completed successfully. Not doing a job for Madrazo in GTA Online for a period of time will result in angry phone calls from him.

Mission Appearances

 * GTA V
 * Marriage Counseling
 * Fame or Shame (Post-mission message)
 * Caida Libre (Boss)
 * Minor Turbulence (Post-mission phone call)
 * Paleto Score Setup (Post-mission phone call)
 * Monkey Business


 * GTA Online
 * Out of Court Settlement (Boss)
 * Death From Above (Boss)
 * Check Out Time (Boss)
 * The Los Santos Connection (Boss)
 * Stick Up the Stickup Crew (Boss)
 * Grab Your Ballas (Boss)
 * Water the Vineyard (Boss)
 * Mixed Up With Coke (Boss)
 * Dry Docking (Boss)
 * Editor and Thief (Boss)
 * Cleaning the Cat House (Boss)
 * Holed Up - Burton (Boss)
 * Extradition (Boss)
 * Show Me the Monet (Boss)
 * Judging the Jury (Boss)
 * Defender (Boss)
 * Rooftop Rumble (Boss)
 * Trash Talk (Boss)
 * Artificial Scarcity (Boss)
 * Handle with Care (Boss)
 * On the List (Boss)
 * Time to Get Away (Boss)
 * Pickup Sticks (Boss)
 * Effin' Lazers (Boss)
 * Coveted (Boss)
 * Coasting (Boss)

Trivia

 * Madrazo does not appear outside of cutscenes.
 * Martin Madrazo's phone number is 346-555-0188.

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