Cholo History in Vice City (DYOM Earth 1)

## General Information

The history of Cholos in the original continuity of the universe. (The first one before the alternate universes were created where different version of the stories can be found.)

### Early years (1960s)

The Cholos first united under this name during their time in Cuba. They were small time and not very active during this period. In 1964 the Cholos, lead by Decjuan DeMarco sailed to the United States, settling in Mainland Vice City. At the time, this area was very underdeveloped but it was perfect for the Cholos who wanted a new start. They started building small houses in Little Haiti and befriending the local Haitians who weren't a gang at the time. Soon enough, the Cholos started buiding in Little Havana, making that area their home.

### Start of the gang life

By 1967, the Cholo became a community but the goals that most of them had were not of legal nature. They started loaning money to local people and getting protection money from stores around the area. In 1970, the Cholos were the biggest gang in Mainland Vice City and nobody could stop their rise to the top. Their leader, Decjuan DeMarco already had plans to get into gun running with the newly formed Trailer Park Mafia.

### The Cholos in their prime

By the mid-1970s, the Cholos had seized control of the whole underground world in Mainland . They soon began making deals with a local cartel, obtaining all of the money they needed. Decjuan, also known as "El Jefe," opened a weapons store south of Little Havana, directly on the border of Cholo and Trailer Park Mafia territory. In times of need, this business would sell to both gangs. El Jefe had a home and a basketball court in the heart of Little Havana by 1977. He and his gang even owned a little cafe on the outskirts of Little Haiti, another area they largely dominated.

### The war on the horizon

The Cubans, a new gang, was created in 1978. They were all rebel Cholos who didn't like El Jefe's style of running the gang. The Cubans gathered in Umberto Robina's cafe.  He and his father, Alberto Robina, as well as other loyal men like Rico and Pepe, decided to kill DeMarco's righthand man, Manolo. They caught him outside one of the Cholo-owned warehouses in Little Havana and opened fire on him, killing Manolo and several other cholos on the scene. El Jefe only found out the next morning and stormed out of his house to find the murderer. His trusted men informed him that Umberto Robina was the assassin. Cholo declared war against Umberto and his crew. The Cubans, on the other hand, grew in strength and were able to fend off the Cholos. The Cholos lost a lot of men, while the Cubans gained a lot of men. The Cholo-Cuban conflict had largely ended by 1980. The Cholos were pushed into Little Haiti and small areas in southern Little Havana. El Jefe was in such bad shape that he had to sell his gun store to the Trailer Park Mafia in order to keep fighting the Cubans. The Cholos and the Trailer Park Mafia competed over protection rackets, and the Cholos and the Trailer Park Mafia eventually became rivals.

### End of the Cholos

Until 1982, the Cholos fought the Cubans with no success. After that, they went into hiding until 1984. By that time, the Cubans had taken control of most of Little Havana, and the Trailer Park Mafia had been defeated, leaving the Cholos to confront the Cubans alone.

The Cholos were defeated when Umberto Robina ordered Vic Vance to destroy the Cholos' last warehouse. The explosion killed Decjuan DeMarco and his men, effectively ending the Cholo-Cuban war.

### The Legacy

After the Cholos were wiped out, the newly formed Haitian gang took over their old territory in late 1984. El Jefe's house became Umberto's house sometime after the Cholos were pushed out of Little Havana and most of their businesses were taken over by Vic Vance's gang in 1984