Marabunta Grande

One of the main Marabunta Grande logo's, featuring a cracked skull with two Demon Horn's

## Overview

### Members

* Cinco Tonnano
* Javier Morales
* Diego Salazar
* Manuel Mariz
* Vitor Gonzalez

### Territorial claims

Fudge Lane, Amarillo Vista and Murrieta Oilfields

## Politics

### Allies

* The Lost MC
* Yakuza
* Ballas

### Neutral

* Wardogs
* Vagos
* Angels of Death

### Rivals

* Aztecas
* The Families
* 510

## Activities

### Legitimate business

Employment opportunities at:* Los Santos Customs
* Casey's Towing
* Recycling plant

### Illegal activities

* Racketeering
* Operating (a) chopshop(s)
* Extortion
* Robbery and muggings
* Drug manufacturing and distribution
* Bank heists

## Overview

**Marabunta Grande,** commonly known as **MG** or **blue boys**, is a Salvadoran gang operating in the city of Los Santos, San Andreas. The gang was set up to protect the interests of the local Salvadoran presence on Fudge Lane, from where the group grew their power and expanded upon their territory. Many of the members of Marabunta Grande are (illegal) immigrants in Los Santos, coming to the city with help of "coyote's", people who can help guide these immigrants to the city from abroad. Because of this, many members of the Marabunta Grande have close ties with family back home in el Salvador, and proclaim often that they commit crimes both for the financial sake of the locals on Fudge Lane, who are impoverished, as well as their family members back home.

It appears to be a hard requirement for the gang that potential members are Salvadoran, keeping their circles small and limiting the amount of chances officials have at infiltrating this group. On the other hand, this has also had the effect that the Marabunta Grande keep their numbers low, and therefore they are not generally considered to be one of the more powerful groups in the city. As such, they occupy a niche as enforcers for hire: a group of people willing to do whatever is asked of them if the pay is right.

## Description

### Etymology

There is much speculation about the origins of the gangs name, **Marabunta Grande**. It is believed that Marabunta refers to marabunta, an army ant, while grande refers to the size of the ant. Sometimes the number 13 is added at the end to create "Marabunta Grande 13", which is assumed to be a reference to the 13th letter of the alphabet, M. Supposedly this is in reference to Maria, who holds a special place in the lives of members of Marabunta Grande. The Santa Maria is often featured in their tattoos and they have in the past formed Catholic symbols and spoken of their Catholic faith. However, it is also possible that the letter M refers to the shape of a hand. Marabunta Grande uses gangsigns and signal language with their hands often, and one of their most common symbols is the "Devils horns", a symbol closely associated with the devil. This is corroborated by the fact that many Marabunta Grande members use face tattoos that include devils horns on their foreheads.

### Characteristics

Marabunta Grande does not shy away from violence, and seems to have no clear profile for who they target. Their targets include anyone from random passerby's to organized groups. Marabunta Grande appears to have no regard for otherwise generic "standards" in the underground world of Los Santos, such as not targeting civilian members of other gangs. They are equally likely to target females as they are males and do not shy away from femicide in equal terms as they do homicide. Marabunta Grande is both public and private with it's acts of violence, often times enacting them in broad daylight with rampant disregard for civilians, as well as the authorities. At the same time, the Marabunta Grande have in the past been caught performing acts of violence and other nefarious acts in dedicated locations specifically constructed for these purposes, such as running chopshops and execution chambers. Furthermore, the Marabunta Grande also does not shy away from targeting officials, such as deputies with the Blaine County Sheriff's Office, and off-duty EMT's.

The founding fathers of the organization wear traditional face tattoos often seen on their local counterparts as well, although the gang is slowly moving away from making these a requirement, removing the strict demand that a member gets a skull tattoo, and instead allowing a more select range of tattoos that are permissible, such as the Devil's Horns. As such, members of the Marabunta Grande are highly recognizable despite the fact that most Binco's and Suburban's seem to have stopped stocking blue clothing, presumably to stem the tide of Marabunta Grande members coming to purchase them and thus turn the tide in the war against organized crime.

## History

### Origins

Originally, the Marabunta Grande was centered around Cinco Tonnano, an associate of the Commission, who took the role of an enforcer-for-hire operating in the name of the Marabunta Grande. This time appears to have been when el Patron, the mysterious patriarch of the Marabunta Grande, had grown his powerbase and by the time the Commission had waned off and slowly passed away from the public eye, Marabunta Grande made it's appearance. Several new members were inducted into the gang followed by a wake of crime spreading throughout Los Santos; at the head of this was Javier Morales, who seemed to have earned his spot in the Marabunta Grande with blood. The Marabunta Grande refocused their efforts on other gangs and civilians rather than the Blaine County Sheriff's Office, as was customary for most new gangs.

Although Cinco Tonnano had represented Marabunta Grande since long before that, this was the time where Marabunta Grande made a true public appearance as more than just a crew for hire, and became a power of its own, exercising control over Fudge Lane and staking their claim in Los Santos through gang-color associated violence, petty crime and a brazen disregard for the law and common decency.

### Fudge Lane takeover

Although Fudge Lane had long been claimed as a territory for the Marabunta Grande, it wasn't until Cinco Tonnano purchased a property here and moved in with Javier Morales that they properly staked out their claim here. This was also the time where the Marabunta Grande redoubled their attempts at growing in size. This came to a head when they were joined by Diego Salazar, an (at that time) illegal immigrant that had just arrived in Los Santos to escape gang violence in el Salvador. After he was blooded into the gang he became a core part of the Marabunta Grande, and moved in with the two others shortly after.

Not long after the group began expanding their ownership of Fudge Lane, staking their claim by buying up properties and maintaining a permanent presence in the area despite the area not being marked in the FIB's database as a gang turf.