Diego and Armando Mendez

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Diego and Armando Mendez

Diego and Armando Mendez are the two most powerful drug kingpins and well known philanthropists in Vice City circa 1984, and the heads of their own crime organization, The Mendez Cartel when the events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories takes place. The voice actor for Diego is Ruben Trujillo, while Armando is voiced by Yul Vasquez.

Character Details

Diego is the more quiet of the two and only speaks Spanish, while the more charismatic Armando is the one with greater control of the organization. Reni Wassulmaier implies that he/she had relations with Diego. They also own a Domestobot, which was destroyed by Armando when Victor Vance took control of it and destroyed his bonds.

Role in GTA Vice City Stories

In GTA Vice City Stories, Diego and Armando are first mentioned in mission Brawn of the Dead by Jerry Martinez, telling Vic Vance that the shipment of coke that Vic and his brother Lance had stolen from them belonged to the Mendez Brothers.

Later, Diego and Armando have Vic and Lance brought to them, where they tell them Martinez stole the shipment, and using some pictures of Martinez with the cops and a faked police license they prove this to the Mendez's. Vic and Lance keep working for the Mendez brothers until they decide to take over all of the Vance's businesses by dumping them in a burning oil storage and leaving them for dead.

Vic and Lance escape the burning oil storage and seek protection from Ricardo Diaz, who eventually helps them destroy the Mendez brothers' bonds with a Domestobot. In revenge for the destruction of their bonds, Armando has Louise Cassidy-Williams, Victor's girlfriend kidnapped, in the process of rescuing Louise, Lance is heavily injured, and Louise is killed by Armando Mendez. A vengenceful Vic then confronts a flamethrower wielding Armando and guns him to death.

Diego, After heard his brother was killed, He seeks refuge in his compound in Downtown. Then Vic Vance, with the help of Ricardo Diaz and Phil Cassidy, steals a Hunter helicopter and uses it to raid the compound. He is eventually shot down, but makes it to the compound and after slaughtering many of Diego's men, confronts Diego in the compound's roof, there they are joined by Jerry Martinez and a final confrontation starts where Victor manages to kill both Martinez And Diego for good.

Murders commited by the Mendez brothers

• Louise Cassidy-Williams - Kidnapped and killed to lure Lance and Vic to a trap.

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Artwork of Armando Mendez

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Artwork of Diego Mendez

Character Design

Armando seems to be based on Scarface's Alejandro Sosa, as he bears a striking resemblance to him both in appearance and personality. The brothers' names are a play on Argentinean soccer star, Diego Armando Maradona.

GTA Vice City Stories Mission Appearances

• The Mugshot Longshot (Bosses)
• Hostile Takeover (Bosses)
• Unfriendly Competition (Bosses)
• High Wire (Bosses)
• Burning Bridges (Bosses)
• Domo Arigato Domestoboto
• Light My Pyre (Armando Killed)
• Last Stand (Diego Killed)

Gangs in the Grand Theft Auto series