Javier Diego can be unlocked as a playable character in Showdown Mode after completing the mission "Devils and Angels" with an Excellent rating or by purchasing the General's Stripes. His special ability allows him to shoot a flare from his Martillo del Dios and the opponent will be baffled with cannonballs, regardless of the stage.
Diego is a former General in the Mexican Army. It's unknown whether he was discharged from the army or simply left. Shortly thereafter, he formed his own military group, the Renegade Army, made up of numerous nationalities.
In a flashback told by Sheriff Bartlett, Diego and his army fought a pitched battle with a US cavalry regiment over a bridge crossing the Rio Grande. He ordered his subordinate, Colonel Daren, to prepare the cannons while he and his men held off the first wave personally. After using flares to highlight the enemy cannons, his artillery batteries knocked out the enemy's artillery support with precise, concentrated fire. When the US cavalrymen continued to assault his position, Diego ordered his men to rig the bridge with dynamite while he personally fended off the enemy soldiers.
After blowing the bridge and ending the battle, Diego took account of captured prisoners, including the unlucky civilian, Griffon the prospector. Originally convinced he was a spy and was send to be executed, Griff managed to buy his life back from Diego with the promise of gold. Diego realized how he could become the most powerful general in the country with all the gold at his disposal.
Events of Red Dead Revolver[]
Upon learning of the wealth locked in Bear Mountain and Griff's unique position as legal claim holder to give it to him, Diego sealed their new partnership by sending Colonel Daren and some hired goons to kill Griff's partner, Nate Harlow. While Daren succeeded in this task, Nate's son, Red, escaped alive, but not before shooting Daren's arm off. Diego rewarded Daren's loyalty by hiring the best doctors and gunsmiths money could buy to have a shoulder-mounted mortar created as a replacement for the left arm of his right-hand man. Soon after, Diego and his renegade army started mining Bear Mountain's rich gold deposits, using captured Union soldiers as slave labor. They also hired the Black Elk Tribe to help them in protecting the mines from unwary travelers, promising them some of the gold as well, which would aid the Black Elks in their battles with the Red Wolf Tribe.
Years later, Diego had taken up residence in an abandoned fort, which he promptly renamed after himself. Using a heavily armed and armored stagecoach and train, he delivered Griffon his half of the Bear Mountain gold, in exchange for Griffon using his position as Governor to ensure the United States Army left Diego alone.
The gold mining operation was interrupted when a fully grown Red Harlow, having learned the part they played in his family's murder, started hunting for Diego, Griffon and all their associates; he intercepted Diego's armored stagecoach and destroyed it. Although Colonel Daren was able to capture Red and imprison him in the Bear Mountain mines, Red's cousin, Shadow Wolf, was able to free him. Together, Red and Shadow Wolf assaulted Fort Diego, resulting in the deaths of Shadow Wolf, Colonel Daren and many of Diego's soldiers and miners.
Despite a head start, Diego was not able to escape Red in his heavily armored train and after a mobile battle on Diego's Railroad, Red disabled Diego's train with Willy Wilson's Gatling Gun. Unable to kill Red with his rotating, train-mounted cannon, Diego charged him with a Gatling of his own and even his bayonet rifle. Despite this, Red shot him down, and as Diego lay crawling away on his back, trying to barter for his life with promises of gold, whiskey, weapons and women, Red executed him with a point-blank shot to the face.
Redemption Saga[]
Note:The events of Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 are not considered part of the same canon as Red Dead Revolver. The following description is therefore not contiguous with the preceding section on Red Dead Revolver.
General Diego appears to have been a notorious figure in the Redemption universe, mainly amongst the people of Mexico. He was described as an "evil man"[1] whose viciousness can only be compared to that of Colonel Allende.[2]
Quotes[]
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Hahahah! We have those gringos exactly where we want them!
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—Javier Diego overlooking the bridge during The Traitor
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You don't expect me to answer a stupid question like that?
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—Javier Diego when Daren questions him
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The bridge must be destroyed! Set the charges where you must.
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—Javier Diego orders his men to rig the bridge with TNT
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Andale! Andale! This will teach those gringos to cross the Rio Grande!
The battle Diego fights over the bridge, the explosive destruction of the bridge and the bridge itself are all reminiscent of a battle scene in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
His mission, "The Traitor", is the only time where the player takes control of an antagonist in a Red Dead Revolver mission.
During the mission "Devils and Angels" he may shout out while shooting at Red Harlow "Hey tonoto, say hello to my little friend!" which is a reference to the movie Scarface.
Sometimes a glitch might happened in the game where he will be unlocked already as a playable character in the Showdown Mode along with another one or two antagonist characters. This will result the player to not need to complete "Devils and Angels" to unlock him. On the other hand, this could simply be a hidden cheat code.
He is the only character from the flashbacks to not have any visible change by the 1880’s. Daren's only change is the mortar that replaced his arm.
One of Showdown Mode's available power-ups is "Diego 's Twin Revolvers", despite Diego never using them. Their special ability is the same as Diego's, though; making opponents attacked by cannonballs.
If selected as the fourth opponent or ally in Showdown mode, he will have a very aged appearance, with white hair, a white beard and a light brown outfit with shades of grey.
