Los Desperados

Los Desperados is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl Johnson by his brother Sweet from his home in Ganton, Los Santos, San Andreas.

Mission
CJ drops by Sweet's house in Grove Street and starts to talk about the hood and the riot going on. After a little argument, Cesar Vialpando, a close friend, appears and says that his hood is screwed up and he needs to get his gang back together. CJ agrees and they recruit two Grove Street gang members for help while meeting up with three Aztecas veterans, Sunny, Hazer and Gal in Unity Station.

Upon arriving there, they all start to attack the waves of Vagos gang members protecting El Corona. After clearing out the houses by the railway, they head deeper in the turf on an alleyway. The Vagos manage to injury Hazer shortly before being completely cleared out. The crew hit to the serious part of the district and the last wave of Vagos have gang members carrying flamethrowers and rocket launchers. CJ and the rest of the team manage to survive the gunfight, thus the Aztecas taking over El Corona. Cesar and his fellow homies decide to get Hazer to a hospital and thank CJ for helping out.

Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
 * Recruit a couple of Grove street Families gang members
 * Go and meet up with the veteranos at Unity Station
 * Help Cesar and the OG's clear out the neighborhood
 * Head to the alleyway
 * Stay close to Cesar and clear out the alleyway
 * Defend Cesar
 * Finish off the last Vagos

Reward
The reward for completing this mission is an increase in respect and the final storyline mission End of the Line is unlocked, however it can't be triggered until 19 territories (35%) have been taken over by Grove Street Families.

Trivia

 * The most difficult part of the level is not so much the three-wave firefight, but simply recruiting Grove Street members and keeping them with you until you reach Unity Station, as the other gang members may ignore you (especially if they're in the middle of their own gun battle) or run in panic before they get into Carl's car (or if they exit the car prematurely); adding to the difficult of this last point is the fact the required four-door vehicle may not always spawn outside Sweet's home, and availability of carjackable vehicles declines considerably during the riot. Another difficut part about this is that Cesar may (on rare occasions) wonder off and you will need him to trigger the cutscene, also it is easy for him to get killed. A way to counter this threat is to take over a considerable amount of territory so GSF members will spawn (namely Willowfield, (all of) Idlewood, Commerce and Little Mexico) and Cesar will be less likely to get killed.
 * The easiest way to keep Cesar safe is to drive him to Unity Station and leave him there and then go back and get GSF members, pick up Cesar and head to the corona.
 * "Los Desperados" translates into "the desperates".

Video walkthroughs
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