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T-Bone Mendez
T-Bone Mendez leads the San Fierro Rifa and serves as the Loco Syndicate's muscle.
- Member of
Loco Syndicate- Member of
San Fierro Rifa- Voice actor
- Kid Frost
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Status
- Deceased
Background
T-Bone Mendez is the leader of the San Fierro Rifa and the enforcer of the Loco Syndicate. Violent and distrustful, he handles muscle and protection for the drug ring while Mike Toreno oversees it and Jizzy B arranges deals.
He rose to the top of the San Fierro Rifa and brought the gang into the drug trade through the Loco Syndicate, which put it at odds with Cesar's Aztecas.
His real first name is never revealed. As the Syndicate's enforcer he handles its protection and security while Toreno oversees the operation and Jizzy arranges the deals.
Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
CJ and Cesar first watch T-Bone at a Syndicate meeting in Photo Opportunity. CJ later meets him face to face in T-Bone Mendez, where bikers hijack a Syndicate drug shipment and CJ has to chase down each rider and recover the packages. In Mike Toreno, CJ drives while T-Bone tracks down the kidnapped Toreno. In Outrider, T-Bone ambushes CJ from the back seat of a car, accusing him of being a snitch, before sending him to protect a drug van from Da Nang Boys roadblocks.
His last appearance is Pier 69. After Jizzy's death reveals the meeting, CJ and Cesar ambush the Syndicate and the Ballas on the pier. They fight their way to T-Bone and kill him, before CJ goes after Ryder.
During the Mike Toreno mission, T-Bone convinces Toreno not to shoot CJ when the agent first meets him. Even so, he never trusts CJ himself, and his interrogation in Outrider is one of the tensest moments of the San Fierro chapter.
Personality
T-Bone is aggressive, paranoid and quick to threaten anyone he does not trust, which is nearly everyone.
He seldom speaks without threatening someone. His paranoia is partly justified: CJ really is working against the Syndicate.
Relationships
Jizzy B and Mike Toreno are his partners. Ryder is his contact on the Ballas side. Cesar's Aztecas have long been rivals of his Rifa.
His death at Pier 69, together with Ryder's, breaks the Syndicate's link to Big Smoke's network in Los Santos. Cesar fights beside CJ when T-Bone is killed, settling an old grudge between the Aztecas and the Rifa.
Trivia
- T-Bone is voiced by rapper Kid Frost.
- He can be seen beating a man to death in the game's prologue film.
Member of 2
Friends 4
Rivals 2
Vehicles 4
Weapons 3
Appears in missions 5
T-Bone Mendez: questions and answers
Who voices T-Bone Mendez in San Andreas?
T-Bone Mendez is voiced by Kid Frost.