Carzita

Objectives

• Locate Carzita
• Interrogate Carzita

LOCATIONS

• Buchon House

REWARDS

• + 350 XP
• + 3 Skill Points

Brief

We’ve forced Carzita to return to Agua Blanca to try and repair the resort’s tarnished image. He’s hosting a lavish party on his private island to try and win back some of his lost clientele. Get to Carzita and force him to give up his list of VIPs.

Nabbing Narco Junior

Carzita is throwing a party every day of the week on his own private island. Locating and interrogating him completes this mission, but there’s still the slight problem of entering and exiting the island itself, and the large number of innocent party-goers that can get caught up in the crossfire.

Buchon House: Recon

TACMAP

Access to the island involves flying, swimming, or boating there, so bear in mind that a helicopter landing can occur wherever there’s enough flat ground. Southeast, atop the cliff plateau, is where the guest choppers are parked. There are also steps up from a docks where speedboats are moored (southwest), flanked by two minigun turrets as well as a large lookout shack on the south edge of the island. The main party (and Carzita) can be found at the northwest hacienda and swimming pool. There’s also a small private beach on the northeast side of the island, with stone steps up past a minigun nest. Other than that, the sheer rock face of the island means you have limited access from the water. Of course, you can parachute in and land anywhere you wish (though that risks being spotted).

Southwest Docks

The jetty and boat dock southwest and below the party hacienda favors a quick and full-frontal assault. Storm the docks from the west, stopping your boat under the rock formations near the tiny spit of sand to the west of the jetty (removing the guard by the boats), then rush east, and up the steps. Before you reach the hedge arch atop the steps, you need to have neutralized the minigun operators to the west and east with quick, competent takedowns. This can be done with suppressed fire, during the dark, to minimize additional carnage. Now one of you can ascend to the swimming pool area, and grab Carzita. As you’re doing this, another Ghost can send up a drone to tag Carzita’s location, making the search quicker. Leave the same way you came.

Southeast Helipad (and Enemy Shack)

If you’re arriving by air, even if you’ve dropped off parachuting Ghosts beforehand, land here as there’s only a single foe to deal with (at least, initially), and you have the height advantage as you advance down the island. You can quickly descend to the shack on the south perimeter and overwhelm the foes there, dropping grenades on the minigun nests above the jetty, and generally causing havoc. Or, you can sneak down, tagging foes using suppressed weapons, and enter the hacienda with minimal casualties.

The helipad is an excellent extraction point if you can’t find a boat and don’t want the embarrassment of swimming kilometers to safety; there are four helicopters to choose from up here!

Southeast Islands

Can you parachute onto one of these islands and snipe foes from there? Yes. Should you? No. The vantage points aren’t as impressive as you’d be hoping for.

Northeast Shore

As long as you spot the enemy patrolling the steps above you, and can neutralize the minigun operator here, this is a great clandestine infiltration point. Climb the stairs, then head right, under the rock lip and minigun nest, and along the cliff ledge, westward to the hacienda’s north balcony. Then you can easily find Carzita (and hide under the balcony if you need to use the drone to locate him).

Or, you can continue up the steps from the minigun nest, heading south to engage foes on the opposite (south) side of the island at the shack, or cross to the hacienda and enter in plain view of others, which is fine if you don’t care about stealth, or you’re extremely competent at spotting and neutralizing foes before they see you.

Target: Carzita And Buchon House Hacienda Carzita begins his partying by the pool in the southwestern area of this compound, but can wander anywhere on the island (to the shack for example, where he usually goes if he hears gunfire). If you’re playing it stealthy, look for him somewhere on his balcony (the southwest or north ends). Note his home features two main interior spaces separated by a fountain courtyard; they can be snuck into if need be (if you’re locating Carzita and need to stay out of sight of patrolling cartel thugs, for example).

Buchon House: Other Tactical Advice

Applying a stealth plan, enter from D, concentrating on the foe heading down the steps, and the one behind the minigun. Assuming you dealt with them silently or avoided them, head up the steps, turn right and under the minigun, sneak west along the cliff ledge, up to the hacienda balcony, and find Carzita. Extract in any direction, or back the way you came.

A quick route to take is via the jetty at A, storming the steps, taking out both minigun operators, and vaulting over the low walls into the swimming pool area to quickly apprehend Carzita. Afterward, retreat to either the jetty (to claim a boat), the helipad (to fly), or to the vehicle you came in. Alternatively, you could simply parachute directly into the swimming pool, and grab Carzita immediately.

Cooperative tactics follow the same general game plan, though you can infiltrate from two separate locations to cause confusion among the enemy forces (head in from A and D). Have one of your team ready to depart in either a boat or chopper, landing at a pre-determined location to pick up the rest of the team.

For stealth planning, you may only need one Ghost to do the majority of this work, with the others waiting off-shore (or circling above in a chopper) and providing drone support.