Juan López

Juan López is Latino-American biker and career criminal. Son of Julio López and Rosa López and older brother to Martín López.
== Early Life ==
Juan grew up in a poor neighboorhood in Los Ageles California. His relationship with his farther was rough, as They did not get along well at all, Juan often ignored any advice given to him by his Dad who would already struggle to help Juan. Because of this, Juan's farther would struggle to keep him from misbehaving causing issues during school life. Juan was very rebellious and never liked to listen to authority. By the age of 16 Juan had already gotten into trouble with the law, being arrested for a few months in a juvenile prison, further strengthening his resentment towards the police.
== Attempting to join the army ==
By the age of 18 Juan would attempt to join the military to turn his life around however ran away before even finishing bootcamp. His time there was miserable to Juan, he would fail to learn much disaplin from the drill sergants and often yell back to them angerly. Being told what to do by them in such a disrespectful manner was not something he could put up with, not only that but he was often targeted by his fellow recruits both for his ethnicity and attitude.
== Life of petty crime ==
reaching adulthood and having little qualifications Juan didn't have many options, the stress at home and being abandoned and betrayed by his former friends drove him to run away. Juan wished to seek an indipendent life far away and moved to a small town the mojave, living in a trailer. He would spend this time of his life drinking and smoking heavily, getting money through petty crime like robbing liquer stores, houses etc. Being alone and a complete emotional wreck he was nearly caught multiple times but managed to get away from serving much time. But it wouldn't had been long until he was locked up.
== Joining the Motorcycle Club ==
In 2008 Juan would take an interest in a Motorcycle gang that moved into his town. He quickly grew an interest in their motorbikes and ideals of living free, He would join up and would start getting on a better track with life. While untrustworthy at first, through the years he managed to finally gain trust in them and call them his friends. He would begin to develop their sense of fashion, and now with people at his back he was no longer a loose cannon, committing less crimes and keeping him from going to close to the law's grips. Juan would quit smoking and cut down on the drinks he would have. He would live comfortably with his new found friends albeit still living a life of crime, this time he is far more successful.
== Farther's Death ==
In 2009 Julio López would unexpectedly pass away due to an unknown medical problems. The news would hit Juan badly as he began to feel guilty for never getting along with his Dad. Juan would struggle to cope with his farther's passing, bringing him back into drugs and alcohol, something he had managed to escaped a year prior, it would take many months to recover and finally get back on track with help from his friends. 
== Cartel War ==
In 2011 the motorcycle club Juan was a part of would be used by a mexican drug cartel for their operations. All the members of the MC hated this but could not risk fighting back as the cartel at the time were very powerful. After a few months the cartel split sending many of its members away back to mexico leaving a small fraction of them in the california deserts. The MC started plotting to fight against the drug cartel and drive them away also stealing their money in the process. The events would last several weeks involving minor shootouts with the cartel, the club house being burned to the ground and a few MC members being captured and tortured. Many hits on the cartels operation severely damaged them more. The war between the cartel and motorcycle club would end in a bloody shootout in an abandoned town the cartel took control of. Only two members of the motorcycle club, including Juan, would survive the shootout. The cartels leader would be shot by Juan with a shotgun at the end of the fight. After the death of the cartel's leader any surviving member fled. However with almost all the Motorcycle club's members killed Juan would ride off with what little money was left after the shootout and try to lay low until 2013 when he would continue his career as a hired criminal for large crime organisations. 
== In Game Events ==
Juan is featured in Grand Theft Auto: Online. set in the year 2013 to present day making Juan at the earliest 26 years old. With the departure of his Motorcycle gang, Juan had been living a fairly quiet life with the money he had left unsure on what to do. Now with confidence and experience Juan would seek employment by anymeans necessary. Juan would ride back to LA to visit his family for advice before moving on. His brother Martín was in afghanistan, his mother and grandfarther were living quietly in their homes. Ultimately Juan would be unable to get any normal job and begins a decent into crime once again, this time in the city, starting from the bottom he works as hired muscle for any employer who was paying. He would end up making friends with Fredrick Butterscotch Forming an unusual friendship. Juan would join Fredrick on many of his working ventures of smuggling unregistered and illegal goods, and even heisting with him. His work in the city would become far more intense than that of in the desert, driving in fast cars through the streets, flying helicopters etc. 
== Present Day ==
As of present day, Juan has managed to make a large sum of money through the criminal underground, earning himself a nice house in Hollywood Hills, lots of new cars and motorbikes and more money than he would ever really need, gifting much of it to his Mother to aid her financially. Due to this he has settled down quite a lot. Getting Married to his girlfriend on June 6th 2019. 
== Illegitimacy ==
Juan's mother Rosa worked as a house maid for a wealthy upper class family. It is very likely that Rosa would take sexual favours from the house's owner when his wife wasnt home for extra pay due to Rosa and Julios financial struggles. This would be kept secret with no one but Rosa and the home owner knowing. Juan's illegitimacy is apparent due to features he lacks resembling his farther, such as a lighter skin tone and brown hair. Despite this Julio would never question it and would eventually pass in 2009 never knowing the truth.
== Personality ==
Juan is an emotional and rebelious person, in his earlier years was often quite depressed and had frequent mood swings, however since then he has improved greatly. He also had a strong distaste in authority however joining the motorcycle gang tought him a lot about respect and loyalty, far better than his farther or the military could.
Often his approach to a job is to avoid any deaths. He is very concious of collateral damage so always opts to get things done as clean or peacefully as possible. In total Juan has a relatively low kill count, high majority from pure self defense and against rival criminals. He avoids getting into scrapes with police as he is aware things will only get worse if he kills a cop.
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