El Rubio's Private Security

"Okay, so most of you are new. My old staff are gone, killed by robbers or... me. Stay on guard, and the same thing won't happen to you, okay? Welcome aboard"

- Juan Strickler

El Rubio's Private Security is a Colombian drug cartel and drug-trafficking private security guard force that appears as an antagonist group in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the The Cayo Perico Heist update.

Description
They are led by the most notorious narcotrafficker in the world, Juan Strickler, also known as "El Rubio".

They are variously described as a cartel, employees, soldiers, staff, cutthroats and mercenaries, goons, and guards, but never named as a specific force in the game.

They have a cybersecurity team who operate in the United States' mainland, specifically Los Santos, San Andreas.

Events of Grand Theft Auto Online
"Hello? Hello guards? Stop looking so fucking bored. This is a party island."

- Juan Stricker

Miguel Madrazo reveals that Strickler is one of the Madrazo Cartel's main drug suppliers. He occupies a secure private island, Cayo Perico, off the Caribbean Sea coast of Colombia. When the player first visits the island, they encounter Gustavo and Enrique, who drive up to meet Strickler and the freshly landed group. Gustavo is later seen on CCTV being fed to a black panther, for repeatedly embarrassing Strickler in front of his guests.

Armed guards are seen everywhere, on foot, manning guard towers and checkpoints. They are patrolling the waters in Weaponized Dinghies, and the roads in Winkies, Squaddies or on Manchez Scouts. Unarmed workers can also be seen at the airstrip, docks, tending the drug crops, and processing marijuana and cocaine. While scoping the job, if the player is detected by a guard, they will receive a gun-butt strike to the chest and be escorted back to the Cayo Perico Beach Party or Cayo Perico Airstrip. Enrique is stationed at the airfield and will assist the VIP Charter Jets Pilot when it is time to leave, and will be there to welcome the player on return visits.

When preparing for the heist, the player can encounter the guards in San Andreas. They can be found with the unnamed head of security, who must be killed to obtain the code to the safe in The Diamond Casino & Resort. A fingerprint fail-safe device must be stolen from the cybersecurity team's archives somewhere in Los Santos.

Players may encounter a sleeping guard somewhere in San Andreas who can be searched for a small key.

Once the player reaches El Rubio's Compound, there are general guards on patrol, a minigun-wielding heavy gunner in heavy body armor, and El Rubio's own personal bodyguards who know the face of every member and can see through any disguise.

The player can disguise themselves as a member of the guards during the heist to gain access to the compound, but this will only fool normal guards for a short period and will not fool the personal bodyguard team at all.

When scoping the island during a replay of The Cayo Perico Heist, El Rubio can be heard ranting over the loudspeaker about being robbed, at one point implying that he had the majority of his original guards killed for their failure in stopping the players. During these rants, he claims that he thinks one of his guards helped the robbers.

Known Members

 * Juan Strickler (Boss)
 * Gustavo
 * Enrique (guard)
 * Head of Cayo Perico Security
 * Nicolas (supervisor)
 * Felipe
 * Johan
 * Cesar
 * Danilo
 * Diego
 * Esteban
 * Fabian
 * Ricardo
 * Camilo
 * Gomez
 * Matias
 * Manuel
 * Mateo
 * Michael
 * Miguel
 * Sergio
 * Klaus
 * Garcia
 * "John Doe" (Former associate)

The Cayo Perico Heist

 * Heist Prep: Gather Intel
 * Heist Prep: Safe Code
 * Heist Prep: Fingerprint Cloner (Cybersecurity team only)
 * Heist Finale
 * DJ Requests
 * Keinemusik - Collect the skate merchandise
 * Keinemusik - Collect the pizza
 * Keinemusik - Recover the chakra stones
 * Random Event - Sleeping Guard