Nicolas Montesino

Photo of Nicolas Montesino, c. 2021

Nicolas Montesino is an American organized crime boss and leader of the Montesino crime family of Liberty City.

## History

Nicolas was born in Liberty City to a working-class Italian-American family in Broker, as the grandson of Italian coffee baron Flavio Montesino, who originally created Montesino Coffee. To his knowledge, his family was never involved in organized crime, but he grew up in the severely impoverished and crime-ridden neighborhood of Hove Beach in the 1970s and 1980s. His family was regularly harassed by both Eastern European and Italian criminal organizations.

Unable to afford college in 1985, Nicolas worked odd jobs such as security and nightclub bouncing, and eventually joined the Marine Corps in 2002. According to a mix speculation and official records and news articles, he neutralized over 50 enemies during his deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, having also sustained severe post-traumatic stress disorder. When he cycled back to civilian life in 2006, he was left only with a small car and a small apartment in Bohan. In 2008, he began working at a diner as a pizza delivery driver, where he was later introduced to the criminal underworld by loosely connected mafia associate and diner co-worker Frank Tapanza.

His new job as a food delivery worker at the diner paid him little, with most customers not leaving any tips or refusing to pay. Many times, he had his bike stolen from him. He wanted a better life, so he quit work there and turned to criminality with Frank. They started working as garbage men, mugging people as they went along routes. This practice turned lucrative, but quickly caught the attention of the police.

Frank decided to introduce Nicolas to several high ranking members of the commission in Little Italy. Frank was on good terms with them, was never made into a specific family due to his Portuguese blood. After demonstrating his high earning talent, the commission eventually gave Nicolas de facto control of a small crew, and he began to earn more money than ever before. According to informants, at the time, Nicolas was not working for a specific family, but was working for the commission as a whole, sponsored primarily by the Gambetti crime family. His first captain was Anthony Ciprani.
Following several disputes with a car dealership in Alderney, Nicolas went to war with the Rocco crime family in late 2008. During this war, Nicolas geopolitically pincered and incapacitated Rocco-owned rackets, and conducted business with the remains. Afterwards, and due to a sponsorship from the Gambettis, the high earning crew was officially accepted as a family and considered by many to have a seat on the Liberty City Commission. At this time, federal surveillance of Nicolas also increased. Frank was killed in a shootout in Middle Park during the war. The conflict came to an end when Nicolas infamously executed then-boss Carmine Rocco atop Rotterdam Tower.

In November 2008, Nicolas was swiftly indicted with several RICO charges, but escaped. Later, he was apprehended as a fugitive in Algonquin, and only served two years in FCI Cumberland for the charges, before being mysteriously paroled. He now lives in his penthouse apartment overlooking Algonquin, with his child and his wife.

Nicolas Montesino press photo, 2008

Nicolas Montesino in Italy, 2010