He has been involved in long running battle for control of Narcotics business in Vice City.ĭiaz is known to have bribed police and officials within the town. He has a private army/militia and is heavily guarded at all times. Ricardo Diaz is a Gun Collector and is always armed. Last appearance: Keep Your Friends Close.
When the deal goes wrong and unknown assailants make off with both the drugs and the money, he orders Tommy to retrieve both. Sonny, who believes that Tommy's presence and notoriety will bring the law down on the Mafia, sends him to Vice City to oversee a cocaine deal. Tommy managed to survive, but was put in prison for 15 years.Īt the start of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tommy has just been released from prison.
Instead, there were assassins waiting for Tommy. He orchestrated the Harwood massacre, sending Tommy on what was supposed to be a simple hit. Tommy Vercetti was one of his trusted men, but he became afraid of Vercetti's growing power. He is the head of the Forelli crime family, a major crime family in Liberty City. Sonny Forelli is the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. When an ambush of the deal by a group of masked assailants results in Vercetti losing both the money and the drugs, he sets out to find and kill the party responsible. He also earned the title "Harwood Butcher".įresh out of prison in 1986, Vercetti, at the age of 35, is keen to start work again for the Forelli family, and is immediately dispatched by Don Sonny Forelli to Vice City to participate in a crucial introductory drug deal. Vercetti was forced to kill them all, resulting in a 15-year prison sentence for multiple counts of homicide. In 1971, he was sent by Sonny Forelli to kill a man in the Harwood District, but as he arrived 11 men ambushed him. Prior to events in Vice City, Vercetti had previously worked as a member of the Forelli Family of the Liberty City Mafia. Tommy Vercetti is the protagonist and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.