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| “ | I love you..in an appropriate way, I mean. If I didn't, you'd be dead, of course. | „ |
| ~ Martin to the GTA Online Protagonist. |
| “ | Mr. Madrazo, man... Mr. Madrazo is a legitimate businessman. He was wrongfully accused of running a Mexican-American gang and a narcotics ring, but the charges were dropped 'cause of the witnesses came up... missing. | „ |
| ~ Franklin Clinton tells Michael De Santa about Martin's background history to the best of his knowledge. |
| “ | You! You're a dead man! Green light! Green light! Martin Madrazo give you green light! | „ |
| ~ Natalia, Martin's mistress warns Michael that Mr. Madrazo is furious at him and Franklin for what they did to his house. |
Martin Madrazo is a major antagonist in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V and a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto Online.
He is the head of his own Mexican American drug cartel, being a powerful and wealthy criminal living in Los Santos with his wife Patricia and son Miguel. Madrazo had several court cases involving his gang activity but was not convicted yet as the witnesses who were to testify him were eliminated. He also mistreats and cheats on his wife Patricia.
He was voiced by Alfredo Huereca.
Background[]
Grand Theft Auto Online (Pre-GTA V)[]
Madrazo hires the player for Contact Missions. It is implied that the "witnesses" who went missing that were going to testify against Madrazo are killed by the player in several of his missions.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
After Michael De Santa pulled down Madrazo's mistress' deck, believing it is the home of a tennis coach that slept with Michael's wife, Madrazo sends several hitmen in an attempt to have Michael and Franklin killed, but they fail. Madrazo then appears himself and beats Michael with his baseball bat, then Franklin told him who Madrazo is. The drug lord then wants Michael to pay for the damage he caused. Michael with the help of his friend Lester Crest then robs the jewel store and pay back Madrazo.
Madrazo then hires Trevor Phillips and Michael to take out his cousin, Javier Madrazo, because he plans to testify against him with some files as evidence. Madrazo sets up a gun in the hills, so Michael uses to shoot down the plane Javier was in. Trevor then heads to the crash, assassinates Javier who survived the crash and gets the files. When Madrazo refused to pay Trevor for the job, the Canadian angrily cuts his ear off, kidnaps his wife and, steals his car, returning to his trailer. In response to Trevor's actions, he banned him and Michael from entering Los Santos, unaware his vendetta on the two is discovered by Franklin and Lester and also leading Elwood O'Neil to return back to Sandy Shores upon learning of Trevor's return there. This also lead to Devin Weston's heist for the luxury cars to be on hold.
In order to prevent Madrazo from having him and Trevor murdered for the incident, Michael retrieved an Azteca fertility statue from a sunken container and handed it over to Madrazo as a peace offering. Madrazo's wife is returned to him, but Trevor threatens to kill him if he mistreats her again so Madrazo nervously accepts, leaves the two alone and lifts their ban from entering Los Santos. Later on, Patricia will occasionally contact Trevor and tell him Martin is treating her much better. By the end of the game, it's presumed that Martin is still running his businesses and criminal empire, but from now on he will treat Patricia better, as Trevor has already warned him about what will happen if he refuses. Martin was never seen or heard from again in the story.
Grand Theft Auto Online (Post-GTA V)[]
In The Cayo Perico Heist Update, Martin Madrazo is never seen. His son Miguel, hires the online protagonists to eliminate evidence held by rival cartel boss Juan Strickler, in order to impress Martin. However, Martin doesn't seem to pay much attention to Miguel's dealings as he's more concerned with cryptocurrency. It is revealed that Patricia had an affair with Trevor at some point, but martin hasn't done anything about it, due to his fear of Trevor.
Family/Friends[]
Martin most likely has a much larger extended family, though we are introduced to 4 members of his family. there's his wife, Patricia, whom he is verbally abusive towards. His son, Miguel, who is a capo in his cartel. His cousin, Javier, who is a soldier in his cartel, and who later attempted to rat on him but was killed by Trevor. And his cousin "El Estupido", who is also a soldier in the cartel.
Patricia and Miguel are close with a woman named Kaylee, her husband Evan, and their daughter Jackie, whom Miguel went to college with. Patricia is shown to also be well loved by Miguel's friends who attend pool parties at his mansion, she is shown calling them family when saying bye to them after one party.
Trivia[]
- Martin Madrazo is one of the few characters in Grand Theft Auto V to never appear outside of cutscenes.
