Changes: The Mexican Wagon Train

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Red Dead Redemption mission
The Mexican Wagon Train

Rewards

+170 Fame

Progression
Unlocked by	Unlocks
Landon Ricketts mission strand: "Lucky in Love"	Abraham Reyes mission strand: "The Gates of El Presidio"

“I spent twenty-five years killing men. Look at me now. Sitting around here like some low rent would-be messiah. We're relics. C'mon, have yourself another drink and let's wallow in a little self-pity.”

–Landon Ricketts

The Mexican Wagon Train is the thirty-third mission in Red Dead Redemption.

To view the mission tree, see:

Main article: Missions in Redemption/Tree

Story

John Marston joins Landon Ricketts for a drink at the local bar in Chuparosa, and asks for more information on Javier Escuella. Ricketts says he doesn't have any information and proceeds to ask why Marston wants Javier so bad. The two exchange stories about their life, Marston explaining why he left his gang.

The two are interrupted as Luisa comes running in, saying that innocent people, writers and government officials are sentenced to death without trial, by none other than Colonel Allende.

Walkthrough

Mission Objectives

To complete this mission, the player must:

Locate the prison wagon convoy.
Eliminate the convoy guards and drivers without wrecking the wagons.
Drive the wagons to the border with Ricketts.
Fight his way across the bridge.

Mission Details

After the intro movie, the two leave the bar and head towards Escalera. After a while an army convoy arrives, which the player will try to stop by taking over the first wagon. This is accomplished by killing all of the guards as well as the driver, without harming the wagon.

After taking control of the first wagon, drive the prisoners back to American soil. At the bridge crossing over to America, there will be a heavy ambush with fire bottles, a Gatling Gun, and general gunfire. The player does not need to stop and take out all enemies to complete the mission. There is some TNT on the bridges, which can be shot to kill most of the enemies.

After reaching America, the prisoners will be set loose and Ricketts will take over, sending Marston on his way.

This mission is the last one in the Landon Ricketts storyline.

Mission Dialogues

Main article: The Mexican Wagon Train/dialogues

Mission Failure

The mission will fail if the player:

Assaults, kills or abandons Landon Ricketts.
Kills Landon's horse.
Kills the horses pulling the wagons.
Kills the prisoners.
Strays too far from the mission location.
Breaks the law.
Kills a dog.
Commits vandalism.
Assaults or kills townsfolk.
Dies.

New Game Elements Introduced

Hijacking horses and vehicles

Trivia

Landon Ricketts may have never come back from America to Mexico once he escorted the prisoners to the U.S.A. at the end of the mission, since in the newspaper article (published in 1914) about Landon's death, it says that he spent the last three years of his life in U.S.A., making the year he left Mexico 1911, which is also the year in which he escorts the prisoners into the U.S.A.
There is a dialogue continuity conflict in this mission. There is a bit where Ricketts admonishes Marston for "jumping fences" and helping both the rebels and Allende. However, this mission can be completed without having done any of the missions given by Vincente de Santa, Luisa Fortuna, or Abraham Reyes.
At the end of this mission, John and Ricketts part ways, so Ricketts never actually helped John in finding Williamson or Escuella.
Rob Wiethoff, the voice actor for John Marston has said that this is his favorite mission in the game.

Gallery

Video Walkthrough

The Mexican Wagon Train (Gold Medal) - Mission 33 - Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption - Mission 33 - The Mexican Wagon Train (Xbox One)

Achievement

Completing this mission contributes toward the following Trophy/Achievement:

	REDEEMED 100 gamerscore Gold gold Attain 100% List in the singleplayer game completion list.

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 ==Trivia==
 *Landon Ricketts may have never come back from America to Mexico once he escorted the prisoners to the U.S.A. at the end of the mission, since in the [[Newspapers|newspaper]] article (published in 1914) about Landon's death, it says that he spent the last three years of his life in U.S.A., making the year he left Mexico 1911, which is also the year in which he escorts the prisoners into the U.S.A.
-*In the last cutscene, the player can see that one of the prisoners has a similar face to [[Armadillo]] shopkeeper [[Herbert Moon]]. This man is also the minister of the [[Blackwater]] Chapel.
 *There is a dialogue continuity conflict in this mission. There is a bit where Ricketts admonishes Marston for "jumping fences" and helping both the [[Reyes' Rebels|rebels]] and [[Agustin Allende|Allende]]. However, this mission can be completed without having done any of the [[Missions in Redemption|missions]] given by [[Vincente de Santa]], [[Luisa Fortuna]], or [[Abraham Reyes]].
 *At the end of this mission, [[John Marston|John]] and [[Landon Ricketts|Ricketts]] part ways, so Ricketts never actually helped John in finding [[Bill Williamson|Williamson]] or [[Javier Escuella|Escuella]].
 *Rob Wiethoff, the voice actor for John Marston has said that this is his favorite mission in the game.
 ==Gallery==