Interdiction

Location
Mike Toreno's ranch, Tierra Robada
Reward
$1,000

Requires Highjack

Unlocks Verdant Meadows

Toreno needs a helicopter’s cargo collected from the desert and wants CJ to cover it. You climb a mountain, light a flare, shoot down the rival helicopters that attack with a rocket launcher, then bring the package to a garage in Las Brujas.

Before you start

Bring full health and armor, since the rival helicopters shoot back.

You do not need to bring a vehicle, because the mission offers a Bandito, a Quad or a Sanchez.

Objectives

  1. Go to El Castillo del Diablo.
  2. Pick up the rockets.
  3. Take a vehicle and get to the top of the mountain.
  4. Protect the contraband helicopter from the spooks.
  5. Get the contraband.
  6. Deliver the contraband to the hideout.

Interdiction walkthrough

A favor for Toreno

Go to the ranch in Tierra Robada, where Toreno is on the radio. CJ asks about Sweet and Toreno says he is in a prison upstate and will be protected. He also reveals what Tenpenny and Pulaski did to Officer Pendelbury, then explains that he needs some cargo collected and tells CJ to take the buggy outside.

Mike Toreno at his desk at the ranch
CJ pressing Toreno about his brother inside the ranch house
Toreno asking CJ to light a flare to bring in the cargo

Head for the desert

Drive to El Castillo del Diablo, near Las Brujas in the desert. The ride is a long one, so take the highways, then cut across the desert once you are close. Toreno speaks to CJ over a speaker when he arrives, and tells him to take a rocket launcher and choose a vehicle from a Bandito, a Quad or a Sanchez.

CJ riding a bike along a desert road in Tierra Robada
A buggy parked beside wooden desert shacks
CJ close up as a message tells him to pick up the rockets

Climb Arco del Oeste

With the launcher in hand, ride up the mountain track to the top of Arco del Oeste. The ground is steep and loose, so keep your speed up and zigzag on the steepest bits. At the summit, CJ lights a flare to signal the helicopter, and the Leviathan begins its approach.

CJ riding a trail bike up the dusty hillside track
The red flare burning on top of the rocky mountain peak
The Leviathan helicopter flying low over the desert at sunset

Shoot down the spooks

Rival Mavericks appear and attack the cargo helicopter. Aim the launcher at them, lock on and fire. They move very fast, so lead your shots and keep moving. Take cover behind rocks when they turn on you. More arrive after the first pair, so stay near the flare and keep firing until the sky is clear.

CJ aiming the rocket launcher near a desert shed
A burning helicopter wreck as CJ fires at the next one
CJ running across the desert with the rocket launcher ready

Pick up the package

Once the rival helicopters are gone, the Leviathan drops the package north of Verdant Meadows, near the Abandoned Dock. Ride down the mountain, follow the marker to it, and pick it up. Toreno then tells CJ to take it to the garage in Las Brujas.

CJ on foot in the dark with a help message about the contraband
Riding a bike through Verdant Meadows at night
CJ and the abandoned dock where the package waits

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • The Leviathan is destroyed

After the mission

You earn $1,000. Verdant Meadows opens at Toreno’s ranch.

The mission passed screen with $1000 in Bone County