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| ==Character history== | | ==Character history== |
| ===The Loco Syndicate===
| | Mike Toreno is an agent for an unspecified government agency; likely the CIA, because his exploits draw from real-life drug trafficking between the CIA, the [[wp:Contras|Contras]] of Nicaragua and [[wp:Ricky Ross (drug trafficker)|'Freeway' Rick Ross]] of Los Angeles. While "battling threats in Latin America, ''by any means necessary''", Toreno headed the [[Loco Syndicate]] of [[San Fierro]] and lived in a ranch house in nearby [[Tierra Robada]]. The syndicate (headed by himself, [[Jizzy B.]] and [[T-Bone Mendez]]) sold cocaine to [[Big Smoke]] of [[Los Santos]], usually meeting in person with his second-in-command [[Ryder]]. |
| Mike Toreno joined an un-named government agency at an unknown time and was later given the task of 'battling threats in Latin America' and moved to [[San Fierro]] in [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]. After arriving in San Fierro he met and became business partners with [[Jizzy B.]], the owner of [[The Pleasure Domes Club]], and [[San Fierro Rifa]] [[Gang Leaders|leader]] [[T-Bone Mendez]], who together formed the [[Loco Syndicate]]. The three took control of an [[Yay Factory|abandoned factory]] in [[Doherty]] and the building was converted into a drug manufacturing plant. Toreno [[The Introduction|later made connections]] with [[Big Smoke]], a high ranking member of the [[Grove Street Families]] who was looking to make himself powerful in [[Los Santos]], and made deals to sell drugs to him. | |
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| Toreno, Jizzy, and Mendez later meet [[Ryder]], Smoke's right hand man, at a [[Cluckin' Bell|fast-food restaurant]] in [[Angel Pine]] to further discuss the deal. [[Carl Johnson]], former co-leader of the Grove Street Families, and [[Varrios Los Aztecas]] leader [[Cesar Vialpando]], having heard of the deal, [[Photo Opportunity|spied on the meeting and photographed those involved]], later returning to Carl's [[Doherty Garage|garage]] to seek the help of [[Wu Zi Mu]] and [[Guppy]] in identifying those involved, with the exception of Ryder. The two, however, are unable to shred any light on Toreno.
| | [[Carl Johnson]] began working for Jizzy, and first met Toreno after [[Mike Toreno (mission)|rescuing him alongside T-Bone Mendez]]. Despite Carl's heroism, Toreno nearly silences him before Mendez talks him out of it. Carl eventually betrays them by [[Ice Cold Killa|killing Jizzy]], [[Pier 69 (mission)|T-Bone and Ryder]]; Carl sought revenge against Big Smoke, Ryder and LSPD officer [[Frank Tenpenny]] for the murder of his mother [[Beverly Johnson]]. Carl then [[Toreno's Last Flight|shoots down]] Toreno's helicopter with a rocket launcher, seemingly killing Toreno, and finally [[Yay Ka-Boom-Boom|destroys]] their [[Yay Factory|drug factory]]. |
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| Carl, looking for a way into the organisation to stem the flow of drugs to Los Santos, begins to [[Jizzy (mission)|work]] for Jizzy. Carl and Mendez later set out to [[Mike Toreno (mission)|find Toreno after he was accidentally kidnapped]] by the [[Da Nang Boys]], who had stolen a van full of drugs, which Toreno happened to be in. Carl and Mendez eventually track him down to [[Easter Bay Airport]] and free him, although Toreno remains suspicious and almost kills Carl, being convinced by Mendez to spare him. The three then destroy the van, full with drugs, to destroy evidence before the [[San Fierro Police Department|police]] arrive. | | Toreno calls Carl's cell phone days later and, masking his voice, requests him to his Tierra Robada ranch to [[Monster (mission)|audition]] "to do things I can't get caught doing". By this point, Toreno is fully informed of Tenpenny's illicit activities, Sweet's predicament, Cesar's relationship with Kendl, and Beverly's death (initially taunting Carl by saying "and look what happened to the bitch!") |
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| Toreno and Mendez, still suspicious of him, have him [[Outrider|protect a van full of drugs]] from the Da Nang Boys and their road blocks on its way to their factory. Following the [[Ice Cold Killa|death]] of Jizzy, Toreno decides to meet with Mendez and Ryder at [[Pier 69]] but, arriving by [[Maverick|helicopter]], sees the dead bodies of San Fierro Rifa and [[San Fierro Triads|Triad]] gangsters and escapes. Carl and Vialpando, watching from a distant rooftop, then [[Pier 69 (mission)|attack the pier and kill Mendez]], before Carl gives chase to and kills Ryder. Toreno, knowing of his partners deaths, goes to the [[San Fierro Police Department]] [[San Fierro Police Headquarters|headquarters]] but uses a decoy helicopter to allow him to escape unnoticed, with Carl taking the bait and [[Toreno's Last Flight|destroying the helicopter]].
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| Carl then [[Yay Ka-Boom-Boom|destroys]] the factory used by the gang and, thinking that the syndicate leaders had been killed, settled back into life in San Fierro. Carl, however, receives a phone call from Toreno, with a distorted voice, telling him to go a [[Mike Toreno's Ranch|ranch]] in [[Tierra Robada]]. Carl, upon arriving, is told he must complete a [[Monster (mission)|race]] in a [[Monster Truck|monster truck]] across Tierra Robada. Toreno's man on the ground says that he will receive a [[Cell Phone|phone call]] and upon returning to the ranch, is surprised to meet Toreno, who he believes will kill him.
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| ===Life in Tierra Robada and Bone County===
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| [[File:HighJack-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mike Toreno explaining his true identity to [[Carl Johnson]] at his [[Mike Toreno's Ranch|ranch]] in [[Tierra Robada]] during the mission [[Highjack]].]] | | [[File:HighJack-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mike Toreno explaining his true identity to [[Carl Johnson]] at his [[Mike Toreno's Ranch|ranch]] in [[Tierra Robada]] during the mission [[Highjack]].]] |
| [[File:N.O.E.-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mike Toreno pointing to the locations from where he is being watched, during the mission [[N.O.E.]].]] | | [[File:N.O.E.-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mike Toreno pointing to the locations from where he is being watched, during the mission [[N.O.E.]].]] |
| Toreno, however, has plans to use Carl to do his bidding and uses his connections to his advantage, telling Carl he could get his brother [[Sweet]] free from prison. Toreno also tells Carl of his true identity, that of a government agent, and tells him that he is not a drug dealer but an agent 'battling threats in Latin America, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY' and that the operation has led to them making numerous allies that have helped 'immeasurably'. Toreno, for his first task, tells Carl to get Vialpando and to [[Highjack|steal]] a [[Tanker|truck]] from a rival agency while it is being transported, saying they need the cargo, telling Carl not to tell Vialpando the reason for the theft.
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| The next time the two meet Toreno proves his statements of being an undercover agent by relaying the story of [[Frank Tenpenny]] and [[Eddie Pulaski]], of the [[C.R.A.S.H.]] unit of the [[Los Santos Police Department]], murdering fellow officer [[Ralph Pendelbury]] to hide their crimes from Internal Affairs, a case that had not been solved. Toreno also explains that he tries to pit bad guys against bad guys but that sometimes good people get hurt or killed, stating that to him Sweet is 'collateral', before sending Carl to [[Las Brujas]], a ghost town. There, speaking through a speaker, Toreno tells him to go to the top of [[Arco del Oeste]] and light a flare, to give a signal to a plane carrying precious cargo. The plane, however, is ambushed by agency helicopters although Carl, having picked up a [[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]], destroys the them. The plane with the cargo flies to a small inlet near the abandoned [[Verdant Meadows]] air strip, with Carl following and [[Interdiction|collecting the package, delivering it back to Las Brujas]].
| | After Carl passes the audition, he reveals he's a government agent and in exchange for Carl's services, he would free Carl's brother [[Sweet]] from prison. Carl's first task is to [[Highjack|steal]] a [[Tanker|tanker of gasoline]] from "a rival agency with a confused social agenda". He then [[Interdiction|retrieves]] an unknown valuable package while "two agency choppers" attempt to take it from him. |
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| Toreno meets Carl at his ranch shortly afterwards and tells him that he had used Sweet to get Carl to do his work, saying he will not be released yet, although he states that he is being protected as he needs him alive just as much as Carl. Toreno then tells him that his actions are getting him noticed by other government agencies and that he needs him to [[Verdant Meadows (mission)|purchase the Verdant Meadows airstrip]] and then [[Learning to Fly|learn how to fly]]. | | When Carl returns, Toreno nonchalantly tells Carl that double agents in Panama and Russian spies are after him (Carl). Toreno then directs Carl to purchase [[Verdant Meadows]] and [[Learning to Fly|teaches him how to fly]], in preparation for [[N.O.E.|Carl air-dropping]] a mysterious, valuable green goo to Toreno's associates who will otherwise be "dead by nightfall". |
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| After learning how to fly, Carl is visited at the airstrip by Toreno, who appears from a hangar and tells Carl that he could have killed him in nine different ways, warning him to be more careful in future. He then explains that he is being watched by 'One DEA. One FBI. A Russian. A Cuban double agent and my paymasters', pointing to the locations of three of them and saying the other two are by satellites. He also asks him to [[Rustler|fly]] to Angel Pine and deliver some supplies to his men, who will dead by nightfall without them, but tells him to fly the plane close to the ground to avoid appearing on the agencies radar, [[N.O.E.|which Carl manages to do and returns to the airstrip]].
| | When Carl returns to the airstrip, government agents are loading up a cargo plane with crates. Toreno explains "some traitors from another department think they can help the overseas situation, by financing militaristic dictators in exchange for arms contracts" - they specifically plan to deliver stolen land mines to a Middle Eastern country. Toreno routinely does similar deals, but only with "degenerates that we can control". When CJ fights them aboard the plane, they hint that they're actually extraterrestrials. Carl successfully blows the plane up midair and parachutes down to safety. Carl does not see Toreno again for some time, and ends up [[Green Goo|reclaiming]] the green goo for his friend [[The Truth]] (a hippie who believes in extraterrestrials and is highly paranoid of the US government). |
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| Carl returns to the airstrip a short time later and witnesses a large plane landing, thinking that they are Toreno's men. Toreno, however, appears and tells him that they from a rival agency who are planning to give land mines and money to various 'militaristic dictators' in an attempt to help the overseas situation and in return for arms contracts, with Toreno claiming that the deals could start chaos in the Middle East and Latin America. Toreno admits that he is doing the same thing, but cherry picking the dictators so they can control them. Toreno then explains that his boss has given Carl permission to [[Stowaway|sneak on board as the plane is taking off, kill those inside and blow up the plane]], a mission that Carl completes before [[Parachute|parachuting]] to safety.
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| ===Final meetings with Carl Johnson===
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| [[File:HomeComing-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Carl Johnson]] pointing a gun at Mike Toreno while inside [[Madd Dogg|Madd Dogg's]] [[Madd Dogg's Mansion|mansion]] in [[Mulholland]] during the mission [[Home Coming]].]] | | [[File:HomeComing-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Carl Johnson]] pointing a gun at Mike Toreno while inside [[Madd Dogg|Madd Dogg's]] [[Madd Dogg's Mansion|mansion]] in [[Mulholland]] during the mission [[Home Coming]].]] |
| Toreno then disappears from Carl's life and Carl continues his life of crime with the [[San Fierro Triads|Triads]] in [[Las Venturas]], pulling of a [[Caligula's Palace|casino]] [[Breaking the Bank at Caligula's|heist]], and meeting up with [[Frank Tenpenny]] and [[Eddie Pulaski]], with Carl killing Pulaski. Carl, after being asked by rapper [[Madd Dogg]] re-takes his [[Madd Dogg's Mansion|mansion]] and while there, gets a message from Toreno asking him to go outside. | | Toreno contacts Carl once more (interrupting the recording of [[Madd Dogg]]'s comeback album) to [[Vertical Bird|steal a fighter jet and kill several spies aboard some small boats]]. Toreno goes to Madd Dogg's mansion again, where a frustrated Carl points a gun at him. Toreno calmly talks him out of shooting him, and says that he [[Home Coming|got Sweet out of prison as promised]]. |
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| The two drive to a small beach in [[Red County]] where Toreno explains that he can arrange for Sweet to be released from prison, if Carl pulls off one last mission. Toreno then explains that he wants him to 'steal a [[Hydra|military jet]] off an [[LHD-069|amphibious assault ship]] and use it to destroy a flotilla of spy ships, nothing big'. Carl agrees to do it, for his brother, but tells Toreno that he is not confident, [[Vertical Bird|although he once again proves his value by pulling the mission off]]. After destroying the spy ships in [[Sherman Dam]], Carl asks what he wants to do with the military jet, with Toreno saying that it is Carl's problem as he stole it and that he knows nothing of what had just happened.
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| Toreno appears in Carl's life one final time at Madd Dogg's mansion. Carl, having been abandoned with a stolen military jet, pulls a gun and points it towards Toreno, who talks Carl out of shooting him and asks him to do one more thing, to answer his phone, which then begins to ring. Carl then listens to his brother explaining that he has just been released and is waiting in [[Pershing Square]]. Carl, upon realizing that Toreno had got his brother freed, asks him what he is to do, with Toreno telling him to [[Home Coming|pick up his brother]].
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| *A character in the 1995 film [[:wp:Heat (1995 film)|Heat]] is called Mike Toreno, however he has no similarities to the Toreno. | | *A character in the 1995 film [[:wp:Heat (1995 film)|Heat]] is called Mike Toreno, however he has no similarities to the Toreno. |
| *In missions, the number plate on Toreno's [[Washington]] says "OMEGA", although the Washington parked at his ranch always has a random plate number. | | *In missions, the number plate on Toreno's [[Washington]] says "OMEGA", although the Washington parked at his ranch always has a random plate number. |
| *Mike Toreno is likely a CIA agent, although this is not confirmed, as the CIA have been connected to cocaine trafficking between Latin American paramilitaries (such as the Contras in Nicaragua) and gangs in [[:wp:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], the city [[Los Santos]] is based on.
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| ==Mission appearances== | | ==Mission appearances== |
