Los Desperados

Type	MISSION
Los Desperados
Carl Johnson, Cesar Vialpando, Sunny, Gal and Hazer, preparing to face the Los Santos Vagos in an alleyway in El Corona
Game	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
For	Sweet Johnson
Location	Sweet's House, Grove Street, Ganton
Target	Alongside Cesar Vialpando and his gang, attack the Vagos in order to take back El Corona
Mission Objectives
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.
Conditions of mission failure
Wasted Busted Cesar, Gal, Hazer, or Sunny dies
Reward(s)
Respect
Unlocked by	Riot
Unlocks	End of the Line
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

“It's time to get my old gang back together and push out those yay slanging punks!”

— Cesar Vialpando

Los Desperados is the penultimate mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by Sweet Johnson at his home in Grove Street, Ganton, Los Santos, San Andreas.

Mission

Carl drops by Sweet's house in Grove Street and starts to talk about the hood and the rioting going on. After a short argument, Cesar arrives and says that his hood is screwed up and he needs to get his gang back together. Sweet tells CJ he needs to pay his debts to his friends so CJ agrees and they recruit two Grove Street gang members for assistance while meeting up with three Aztecas veterans, Sunny, Hazer and Gal at Unity Station. On the way to the station, Cesar reveals his intentions to propose to Kendl, which CJ approves, and Cesar asks Carl to put in a good word for him with Sweet.

Upon arrival, 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 into the area through an alleyway. The Vagos manage to injure Hazer shortly before being completely cleared out. The crew head 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, with 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.

Deaths

• Numerous members of the Vagos - Killed by Carl Johnson, Cesar Vialpando, and numerous members of his gang, Varrios Los Aztecas, in order to retake control of El Corona and reform Cesar's gang.

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 20 gang territories (35% of the territories in Los Santos) have been taken over by the Grove Street Families.

Transcript

Transcript

Sweet Johnson is talking to someone on phone inside his house when his brother, Carl Johnson enters the house. edit Sweet Johnson: Yeah, so get the place locked down. No one's gonna ruin the hood. You hear me? No one! Alright, See you. edit The call was cut while Sweet was speaking. edit Carl Johnson: What´s up? edit Sweet: We almost got the hood under control, man. CJ, this is some serious shit, man. edit Carl: Hey, man, I know, man. I went through a lot of shit for this family since you been gone, so I know... edit Sweet: What? For yourself, not for the family. Don't get shit confused, ni**a. edit Carl: Man, you gonna give me a break? edit Sweet: When you stop acting like you the man. You keep yapping about what you done did, let me tell you what I done did. When Kendl needed shoes, I went out and got the money. When moms needed operation, I robbed people for the bread. While you were of Liberty City thinking of your own shit. For five years, come on, man! Now you do something, you want a fucking parade? Ni**a, please. edit Carl: Now, that ain't fair, man. edit Suddenly, Cesar Vialpando enters the house, in the middle of their conversation edit Cesar Vialpando: Carl, man, I need your help. edit Carl Johnson: Man, I am kinda' busy right now. Family shit. edit Cesar: I helped you guys hombre. It's time you helped me and my homies. My hood's screwed up too. We got this shitty neighborhood on lockdown now. edit Carl Johnson: Alright, what you need? edit Cesar: It's time to get my old gang back together, push out those yay slanging punks, eh. edit Carl: I know, but I got a lot going on here in my own hood man. And I made my brother a promise. edit Sweet: All your brother wants you to do is to payback your debts, CJ. edit Carl: Alright, I hear you. I got your back - c'mon, let's roll. edit Cesar: Orale, the Varrios is coming back! edit Carl and Cesar leave Sweet's house. edit Carl: So, what's the plan? edit Cesar: We're going to meet up with three of my veterano's over at Unity Station. edit Carl: Three? Is that all? A'ight I am a get a couple of family boys to come through too. edit CJ recruits a couple of Grove Street Families' members and heads to Unity Station to meet up with Cesar's gang members.On their way to Unity Station the following conversation takes place. edit Cesar: Shit's real serious, man, look at the streets, eh. edit Carl: Yeah, we better watch ourselves. Don't want to get caught on Ballas turf while this shit's going on. Man, Tempenny got the central to its knees. edit Cesar: While we here , I, eerr, I have a question to ask you. edit Carl: Yeah, what? edit Cesar: Well it's... it's personal. edit Carl: Come on, man, we're brothers, you and me. You can ask me anything. edit Cesar: Okay, here goes. I want to ask Kendl the question. edit Carl: What's the problem? Call her, dude, here, use my phone. edit Cesar: No, holmes, THE question! edit Carl: What? Oh, shit you mean POP the question. Well, I am OK with that, you know, I appreciate you asking my permission and shit, but - Nah, I know you're cool. edit Cesar: It's Sweet that is the problem, could you talk to him? edit Carl: Sure thing, Cesar, I'll talk to him. edit Cesar: Thanks CJ, that means a lot to me. edit Cesar, CJ and his gang members arrive at Unity Station and meet up with Cesar's gang members. edit Hazer (one of the Aztecaz holding a Katana): Those Vagos, man, I am gonna cut those cacos. Raspalo Hasta el Hueso! edit Cesar: Hey, Carnales, what's crackin' , holmes? edit An Azteca in black clothes (Gal): Cesar! and you must be CJ. Cesar says you cool, so we cool, holmes. edit Cesar: OK. We will have to work our way through this neighborhood to get to my house. If we stand together those Vagos Pendejos don't stand a chance! Watch each others' backs amigos. Hasta la muerte! edit Gal, Sunny, and Hazer (three Azteca veterans together): HASTA LA MUERTE! edit CJ, Cesar and their gangsters start killing the Vagos in the neighborhood. They clear the first block of the neighborhood. edit Cesar: Northside Vagos Assholes. edit They all make there way to the second block and kill all the Vagos. edit Cesar: Quickly, Go! GO! edit edit Cesar: That's the last of them. Let's move out! edit They arrive in the alley way. edit Cesar: That was the easy bit, eh. Now we go into vipers nest. This is where it gets tough. Luckily we have a little surprise up our sleeves, eh, Sunny! edit One of the Aztecaz (Sunny), pulls out a Rocket Launcher to fight the Vagos. edit Carl: That's a Rocket Launcher man! We'll bring the National Guard down on us. edit Cesar: C'mon, look around you, CJ, the whole city is war zone. C'mon, I want to take my house back! edit They kill all the Vagos present in the alleyway. Hazer got injured in the process. edit Cesar: Shit Hazer... edit The Azteca in black clothes (Gal): He is pretty bad, Cesar... edit Some more Vagos jump in the alleyway through the walls. edit Cesar: Heads Up! (Watch it there!) More Vagos! They are coming over the walls! edit As CJ and Cesar fight the Vagos some more vagos come from behind edit Sunny: More Vagos behind us! edit They kill the Vagos and finally head towards Cesar's house to take it back from the Vagos. edit Cesar: Let's fucking finish this! edit Carl: I am with you man, let's take these punks! edit One of the Vagos: Find a new home, assholes, Vagos own this 'hood! edit One of the Vagos holding a flamethrower.: Torch those Aztecas! edit CJ, Cesar and their gang kill the final wave of Vagos at Cesar's house. Cesar, Carl and rest of the gang is standing in front of Cesar's house. edit Carl: Alright, that's the last of 'em. edit Cesar: How is Hazer? edit Gal: We need to get him to a hospital. edit Carl: Hey, I'll take him. edit Cesar: CJ, you have done more than enough (, holmes). You should get back to Grove. edit Carl: Alright ese, I will see you after all this is settled down. edit Cesar: Thank you, CJ and good luck, my friend. edit

Trivia

• This is the only mission to show the conflict between the Los Santos Vagos and the Varrios Los Aztecas.
• Similarly to Grove 4 Life, if CJ has reclaimed the Azteca turf from the Vagos via gang warfare prior to this mission, Grove Street will lose control of the turf and it will be reoccupied by the Vagos for the mission, before being handed back to the Aztecas upon completion.
• Although when the mission is completed, the Varrios Los Aztecas will still confront CJ if he enters their territory. If he drives a car through their turf, they will just stand on the sidewalk and won't even chase him. However, if he is on foot, the Aztecas will chase him. One possible explanation to why they still behave like this after the mission is completed is because Rockstar forgot to make them neutral to the player.
• "Los desperados" means "the desperados" in Spanish. A "desperado" is a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal.

See Also

Mission Walkthrough