Cesar Vialpando

Background

Cesar Vialpando is the leader of the Varrios Los Aztecas in El Corona, Los Santos, and the boyfriend of Kendl Johnson. He is a lowrider enthusiast and street racer, and he is the cousin of Catalina. Despite their different gangs, he becomes one of CJ's most loyal allies.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Cesar meets CJ in the mission Cesar Vialpando, where the two compete in a lowrider bounce contest, and later invites him to the High Stakes, Low Rider street race. In The Green Sabre it is Cesar who tells CJ about the meeting under the freeway, revealing Big Smoke and Ryder's betrayal. Afterwards he takes Kendl out of Los Santos and introduces CJ to Catalina in Red County.

Cesar follows CJ to San Fierro, where he helps with the Loco Syndicate missions, spying on their meeting in Photo Opportunity and fighting alongside CJ at Pier 69. He also gives a run of jobs for the Wang Cars showroom: Zeroing In, Test Drive, Customs Fast Track and Puncture Wounds. In the final Los Santos arc he calls CJ back for Los Desperados to retake El Corona from the Vagos and then joins the assault in End of the Line.

Cesar also takes part in some of CJ's bigger jobs outside the gang. In Highjack, Toreno brings him in to ride on the back of CJ's motorbike and leap onto a moving tanker. In King in Exile he angrily insists that Big Smoke is behind the crack in his neighbourhood, long before CJ is ready to accept it. In Yay Ka-Boom-Boom he tells CJ that Ryder once tried to sleep with Kendl, easing CJ's guilt over killing him. During Los Desperados he reveals he plans to propose to Kendl.

Personality

Cesar is calm, loyal and honest. He values respect, family and friendship, and he speaks openly with CJ even when the news is bad.

He is also more cautious than CJ and often warns him about the risks of the people he works with. In Highjack he is clearly nervous about working for Toreno, but he goes along out of loyalty to CJ.

Relationships

He is Kendl's partner and treats CJ almost like a brother-in-law. Sweet distrusts him at first because of his gang ties. Catalina is his cousin, and Jose, Gal, Hazer and Sunny are fellow Aztecas.

Trivia

• Cesar is voiced by Clifton Collins Jr.
• He often refers to CJ as "homes" and is closely associated with lowrider culture.
• He drives a Savanna lowrider in several missions.
• He is one of the few characters who stays loyal to CJ from his first appearance to the end of the game.