Minute Man Blues
Civil Border Patrol
- Given by
- Civil Border Patrol
- Protagonist
- Trevor
- Chain position
- 3 / 3
- Unlocked after
- An American Welcome
- Locations
- Paleto Boulevard, Paleto Bay
- Target
- *Joe *Josef
- Rewards
- None
- Unlocks
- Not stated
- Counter value
- Not required for 100%
Player notes
Trevor meets Manuel on Paleto Boulevard in Paleto Bay, across from The Hen House. Manuel is one of the men Trevor helped the Civil Border Patrol capture during An American Welcome, and he berates Trevor for it. He says his family has lived in America for more than 200 years, giving them more claim to the country than Trevor, Joe or Josef. Trevor loses his temper and presses a pistol to Manuel's head, but Manuel refuses to retreat.
Manuel tells Trevor that Joe and Josef are harassing immigrant workers at Zancudo Grains, a nearby farm. He demands that Trevor stop them, adding that Trevor will receive no payment because of what he owes Manuel's family. Trevor leaves Paleto Bay and drives to the farmhouse. Josef is outside, holding the workers at gunpoint with a Sawed-Off Shotgun. Trevor kills him before he can harm any of the hostages.
Joe flees from the farmhouse and commandeers a Fieldmaster in an attempt to get away. Trevor pursues him across the farm, stops the escape and kills Joe. With both members of the Civil Border Patrol dead, Trevor declares the organisation disbanded at Zancudo Grains.
Trivia
- โAn alternate way to kill Josef is to use a sniper rifle on him from outside the farm, though Joe is obscured by the barn and Trevor may not be able to avoid the ensuing chase.
- โJoe's Fieldmaster is incredibly easy to disable: shooting the tires with a Micro SMG or ramming it heavily (or ramming it twice with less power) will cause Joe to panic and run out, leading to an easy Stun Gun shot. As a vehicle, the Fieldmaster itself is already quite horrible: the cab has glass on all four sides, giving its occupant no protection, it is outpaced by both the Blazer found at the barn, as well as Manuel's Bison and the Sabre Turbo found parked in front of the Bison (both found at the beginning of the mission). Coupled with the Fieldmaster's massive targets for tires, Joe will almost never escape, although how far he escapes is determinant on the player's skill with drive-by shooting.
- โThe "What Goes Around..." requirement from this mission stems from Trevor using the Stun Gun, which he ironically received from Joe and Josef, on them.
- โThis is the only "Civil Border Patrol" mission where Joe and Josef are hostiles, as the mission involves killing them. It's also a rare situation in Grand Theft Auto where the protagonist betrays an NPC rather than the other way around.
- โSometimes Manuel walks away from the opening cutscene and sometimes he drives off in his pick-up. The direction he drives is not scripted and may differ each time.
- โIf Trevor's Pistol has a suppressor attached, it will clip through Manuel's head during the cutscene.
- โThe name is a reference to the Minutemen activists who are strongly against illegal immigration.
Civil Border Patrol โ the full chain
- 1The Civil Border Patrol
- 2An American Welcome
- 3Minute Man Blues
This mission shares a wiki page with others in its chain, so page-level facts are not attributed to it.
Mission failed if
- รWasted
- รBusted
- รManuel is threatened
- รManuel dies
- รTrevor killed/injured a hostage
- รA suspect died (Happens if Josef kills a hostage himself after waiting for too long)
- รJoe escapes
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Last verified September 14, 2026