Montano Cartel

Montano Cartel
	; Their symbol and faction color, as seen on their vehicles.
Faction in Just Cause
Goal, or purpose	To earn money as a drug cartel
Ideology	None
Leader	Unknown
Starting base, or HQ	Unknown
Source of money	Selling coca on an international market

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The Montano Cartel are a drug cartel in Just Cause (1).

Description[]

They're the only opposition and competition for the Rioja Cartel. Their faction color is purple. In-universe, they are obviously identical to the Riojas, but they're friends with Salvador Mendoza.

They have many villas / drug plantations scattered all over San Esperito, that Rico can help the Riojas to take over. Once taken over, these villas often have parked ground vehicles and always a helicopter. The Montano cartel will chase after Rico if Montano heat is gained. They are usually seen getting into gunfights with the Guerrillas and Rioja Cartel all over San Esperito.

Strangely, despite mission information, according to which they're on Mendoza's side, they can sometimes get into gunfights with local law enforcement and even the military. Sometimes, if Rico has Montano heat and a military or police vehicle arrives, they can suddenly ignore him and start shooting at the government factions instead. This probably isn't any sort of bug, because the Guerrillas can also get into shootouts among themselves, as is even addressed in one of the sidemissions.

Vehicles[]

Patrol vehicles[]

Land vehicles[]

Chevalier Supernova - Patrols the roads. Heat level 1-5. Can also encounter without heat.
Cutler-Randall Conquistador - Patrols the roads. Heat level 1-5. Can also encounter without heat.
Fukuda Bluebolt - Patrols the roads rarely. Heat level 1-5. Can also encounter without heat.
Hurst Buckaroo - Patrols the roads at Montano Heat 3-5. Can rarely encounter without heat.
Rossi 866 Corral - Patrols the roads. Heat level 1-5. Can also encounter without heat.
Fukuda Buckskin Trapper - Patrols around the destroyed coca fields featured in Field of Dreams. Might only spawn after that mission.

Helicopters[]

Delta MAH-15 Chimaera - Patrols the air at Montano Heat level 5 when the player is in an aircraft, towards the end of the game. This may be very rare, unless it was a misidentification.
Huerta PA51 Aztek - Patrols the air at Montano heat levels 4-5, appears in some sidemissions and liberations. Replaced entirely towards the end of the game, as Delta 5H4 Boxheads replace them in liberations, and Delta MAH-15 Chimaeras replace them at higher heat levels.
Mullen H45 Dragonfly - Rarely appears at Montano Heat Level 5, when you're in or around a Cartel Villa.
Delta 5H4 Boxhead - In some sidemissions.

Nautical vehicles[]

Shimizu - Mach 2 - Patrols the seas. Heat level 1-5. Can also encounter without heat. A gangster uses an Aviv Scarab on it.
Triereme - RC Athena - Patrols the seas. Heat level 1-5. Can also encounter without heat.

Vehicles exclusive to storyline missions[]

Battaille GPT-6. During the mission Test of Loyalty as a drug transport truck. It might be able to be saved, though this necessitates killing Rico.
Shimizu Tumbleweed - Equipped with a mounted gun, during the mission Test of Loyalty.
Vanderbildt Route 66 - During the mission Field of Dreams, there are several Montano Cartel versions with toxic waste barrels.
AVIA - The crop-dusting kit variant only spawns in Field of Dreams.
Meyer Compact T - Unique armed version. Appears in Brothers in Arms.

Vehicles exclusive to Sidemissions[]

Delta 5H4 Boxhead - Appears only during missions and all cartel villa liberations after Guadalicano Choo Choo.
Huerta PA51 Aztek - Appears in sidemissions, liberations, and high heat.
MV - Appears in a Rioja sidemission.
Potomac Silverbullet - Appears in a Rioja sidemission.
Wallys GP - Appears during some villa Liberations and sidemissions.
Ballard Sentry STRL - 14 - Appears in a Rioja sidemission.
Ballard Centronel AAWV- 21 - Appears in a Rioja sidemission.
Cutler-Randall Arrowhead - Appears in a Rioja sidemission.

Weapons[]

Adler FF M-72
Aviv Scarab
Aviv Panthera - Mission only
Barclay Phantom - Liberation only
Gallini M39 "Husher" - Mission only
Haswell Gen2 Vindicator - Liberation only
Mako Ocra - Mission only
Moretti CCW Centurion
Moretti CCW Praetorian
Moretti P.94
Mounted Gun
Triggered Explosive
Nova 9 - Mission only

Trivia[]

This faction is similar to the Roaches from Just Cause 2. They both grow, traffic and smuggle drugs.
The faction name may be a shout out to the 1983 moive "Scarface" - more specifically, the film's protagonist, Tony Montana.
Unlike the San Esperito Police Department, San Esperito Military, Black Hand, or Guerrillas, the Montano Cartel only have their primary logo, and wherever a stripe decal, secondary logo, or tertiary logo should appear, the area is blank. This can be seen on the Huerta PA51 Aztek.
Montano Cartel foot soldiers can spawn in Rioja-controlled settlements during sidemissions.
It is the only faction whose boss never appears or is mentioned in the game.

Montano Cartel

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