Mission giver

Vincente de Santa

Voiced by Hector Luis Bustamante

5 missions given

Vincente de Santa hands out 5 of the 57 story missions, the first Civilization, at Any Price and the last Cowards Die Many Times.

Hands out work. Their initial is the marker you ride to.

Role: Mission givers
Voice actor: Hector Luis Bustamante
Occupation: Captain in the Mexican Army Deputy governor of Nuevo Paraíso
Affiliations: Mexican Army
Also known as: Captain de Santa, Office boy

Player notes

Vincente de Santa is a captain in the Mexican Army and deputy governor of Nuevo Paraíso, serving Colonel Agustin Allende from Escalera. Born in 1877 to a family of soldiers, he is made to study English for six years and is beaten by his father as a child. He later says those beatings made him who he is. By 1911, de Santa is an ambitious Army officer who treats Allende with admiration and carries out the regime's violence against civilians and rebels.

John Marston meets de Santa after arriving in Escalera. De Santa offers help in finding Bill Williamson and Javier Escuella, then sends John on Army work across Nuevo Paraíso. John joins him in operations against rebels, including attacks on homes and the seizure of women for Allende's soldiers. De Santa repeatedly places John alongside poorly prepared troops against rebel forces, and in Mexican Caesar sends him and Espinoza into an assault he expects them not to survive.

De Santa finally tells John that Bill and Javier are held at the church in Chuparosa. It is a trap: Army soldiers knock John unconscious, bind him and prepare to execute him until Abraham Reyes and the rebels attack. De Santa escapes the fighting. Luisa Fortuna later sends John and rebel fighters to Sepulcro, where they overwhelm de Santa's soldiers and beat him into revealing that Javier is at Casa Madrugada. John can kill de Santa or leave him to the rebels, but Casa Madrugada holds only another Army ambush. In Undead Nightmare, de Santa rises from his grave at Sepulcro and is put down by John.

Trivia

◆The burgundy color of his shoulder patches signify he is some sort of general staff, meaning de Santa is Allende's in command right hand; implying he his responsible for the administrative, operational and logistical needs of its unit and supports and advises Allende.
◆If the player kills him, he will be counted as a civilian kill.
◆It is possible that de Santa is bisexual. There are scenes hinting at a relationship between him and Quique Montemayor, a waiter. In another cutscene, he is seen caressing a woman.
◆His relationship with the waiter is hinted at in the first cutscene with De Santa, where Quique Montemayor gives John and de Santa a look of longing and desire. In the same scene, as Quique goes to serve de Santa, one of de Santa's guards whispers in another guard's ear and they both laugh, possibly alluding to how obvious de Santa's sexuality is. In another scene, when he is bringing women to Allende with Quique, the two leave with arms around each other. Espinoza also says that he flirts with the bar boy.
◆When you first meet Abraham Reyes, John tells him he is looking for two men, and Reyes replies with, "You have been spending too much time with Captain de Santa." After de Santa's death, Reyes remarks that "a lot of young boys will sleep safe in their beds." This implies that de Santa is a rapist and possibly a pedophile or a pederast as well, though this may be an instance of homophobia on Reyes' behalf.
◆During a mission, Allende calls him a mariconcito in Spanish, which roughly translates into "queer".
◆In a conversation with Victor Melendez, Victor comments about de Santa's cowardice, claiming he'll only attack when a man is on his knees. John comments, "He'll do a lot of things when men are on their knees," further alluding to de Santa being homosexual.
◆He actually has a lazy eye. It is not as noticeable as Eli's, however.
◆If the Undead Nightmare DLC is installed, de Santa's grave is present in Sepulcro.
◆In Undead Nightmare his tombstone reads, "Hombre Tierno, Soldado Feroz", roughly translating into "Tender man, fierce soldier".
◆If the player leaves the rebels to kill de Santa, Victor Melendez will indicate that the rebels would've preferred that John killed de Santa himself. Furthermore, Abraham Reyes will also question why John hadn't killed him when granted the chance.
◆He has the same last name as Michael De Santa, one of the main protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V, another Rockstar game. However, Michael's false surname was chosen by him after making a shady deal with corrupt FIB agent Dave Norton; his real surname being Townley.
◆Vincente de Santa is very similar to Brian Jeremy from Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned:
◆Both of them are extremely loyal to their bosses (De Santa is very loyal to Allende, while Brian is very loyal to Billy Grey).
◆Both of them betray the protagonist in favor of the antagonist despite being constantly belittled by them.
◆Both of them can be killed or spared by the player, but they die anyway.
◆Both of them are mocked by most of their allies.
◆Both of them are possibly homosexuals.
◆When talking about Colonel Allende, his subtitled dialogue appears as "Coronel". This is because in Spanish 'Colonel' is written as 'Coronel'.