Manny Escuela

Manny Escuela is a character in Grand Theft Auto IV. He is a Puerto Rican ex-convict who has apparently changed his ways, and now wants to clean up the streets.

Manny Escuela is Puerto Rican who grew up in South Bohan. It is implied he is a former gangster and heroin addict, but has now changed his ways. He claims that he owes too much to the "streets" and now wants to clean them up to settle his debt to society. However, he has also hired a cameraman, Jay, to film his quest, leading many to believe that he is only interested in becoming famous. He operates out of the St. Mary's Recreational Center where he runs a youth outreach program and also is a dance instructor.

Manny is eventually introduced to Niko Bellic by his childhood friend Mallorie Bardas. Rather than personally clean up Bohan, Escuela pays Niko to do the dirty work for him. Niko drives around town exterminating drug dealers under orders from Escuela, who arrives afterwards with a camera crew to take credit. It appears that Escuela is also doing vigilante work for corrupt cop Francis McReary. Francis even appears in one of Escuela's videos.

Escuela's annoying habit of filming finally goes too far when he attempts to film a confrontation with another "community leader" of sorts, drug empress Elizabeta Torres. However, with the police closing in on her operations, she is in a paranoid, cocaine-fuelled rage and executes both Manny and Jay. She then pays Niko to deliver the bodies to a black market organ dealer, which Niko humorously suggests is what Manny would want: "He always wanted to help the streets. Now he will."

Escuela is well-known in South Bohan, but generally disliked by most characters Niko interacts with. Even Niko is beyond irritated by Escuela's antics and ridiculous claims. At one point Escuela even takes credit for the creation of rap, despite his obvious lack of skill, and implies he refused to continue because of his distaste with commercialization.

Manny is voiced by Berto Colon.

Manny Escuela