

Transporting him to safety earned him the friendship of his faction ( the Guerrillas) and the affections of his grateful sister Esperanza Caramicas. His task was to infiltrate and assist two rebel factions on the island and overthrow the regime of general Salvador Mendoza, who was believed to be in control of WMDs.Īfter landing on the island nation, he breaks one faction leader out of prison to aid him in his revolution: José Caramicas. This would turn out to be one of his largest, most difficult, and dangerous operations. In 2005, Rico made a name for himself when he was called to the tropical island of San Esperito, along with Sheldon and Maria, who were already there. During that mission, Kane had briefed Rico in the submarines munitions storage room and Dimah had gotten into some trouble, from which Rico rescued her. Their forward operations base was the USS Codetalker. He was accompanied by Maria Kane (his significant other at the time), Dimah Ali Umar al-Masri, and possibly Tom Sheldon. Nonetheless, the three became close partners and often dispatched as a team: Sheldon being the commander, in charge of contact with Agency HQ and receiving intelligence, Maria deals with weapons, vehicle, and equipment procurement with Rico as the field operative, carrying out all the actual work.Īs revealed in Just Cause 3 and Danger Rising, Rico was once on a mission in Guatemala. Rico and Maria were intimate sometime before the events of the first game, something Sheldon is still oblivious to. Rico also met Maria Kane, another recruit within The Agency.
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Rico ran a series of black ops to support guerrilla revolutionaries and overthrow evil dictators around the world. friendly.ĭuring his time with The Agency, Rico trained under Sheldon, who taught Rico the skills and techniques he would need to carry out such dangerous operations, and became a good friend and ally. This was a unit of the CIA that specialized in "regime change" operations, which involves overthrowing dictatorships that are being ruled unfairly or are no longer U.S.A. Rico underwent CIA training and due to his expertise with weapons, vehicles, and other gadgets, he was soon accepted into The Agency. Tom Sheldon then took Rico under his wing and became his commanding officer and friend, turning him from a rookie into the top agent he is today. According to the info in JC3, Rico first met Tom Sheldon on the boat during his escape.Īccording to Rico's JC2 PDA profile, Rico was approached by the CIA during the Invasion of Panama in 1989, when Rico was 21 years old. This order was given by the Agency because Miguel Rodriguez refused to continue work on Project Illapa. Rico left Medici when Di Ravello ordered his soldiers to kill his parents to please The Agency.
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Rico's childhood friend Mario Frigo would later lead the Rebellion against Di Ravello before Rico's return.Īccording to the collectible Di Ravello audio diary tapes, Rico was a mediocre race car driver until he won a race as a result of the lead car's brakes failing (orchestrated by Di Ravello). In JC4, it is uncovered that Rico's father, Miguel Rodriguez, was a scientist working for Oscar Espinosa and it is possible that while Rico was in Medici, Miguel made trips between Medici and Solís.Īnders Bodbacka, the senior technical designer for JC3, revealed that Rico was born in Mexico and moved to Medici, which is where his mother is from.

According to an interview with the game director, Rico's parents were killed in action, when Rico escaped the coup in Medici. Medici is said to be both his and his mother's homeland. It has been stated (at the official Just Cause Facebook page) that he grew up in Medici but was not born there.

Spoiler warning: Significant plot details follow.Īccording to the JC2 PDA, Rico was born on Januin Mexico. Some of these include "Hero of San Esperito" in Just Cause (1), "Scorpio", "The Scorpion", and "King of Panau" in Just Cause 2, and "Aquila" (eagle), "Fratre" (brother), "Son of Medici", and "the agent" in Just Cause 3.

Rico has gone by various nicknames throughout his travels. This confusion was then cleared up by the official Just Cause social media pages which (posted on September 28th, 2020) confirmed that Rico was indeed born on the 25th of January, 1968. In conclusion, it was unknown when Rico was born between 1965 or 1968, with the date on the JC2 PDA potentially not accurate. According to the Just Cause 2 PDA, Rico was 21 years old when he was scouted by Tom Sheldon in 1986 (which means that he would have been born in 1965, which conflicts other JC2 PDA info where it states that he was born in 1968), but according to promotional information for JC3, he joined The Agency – the covert arm of the CIA – at age 18.
