Raul Menendez

Raul Menendez's was marked by tragedy, when his mother died in an earthquake, his father was killed by US-supported Contras during the Nicaraguan revolution, and his sister, Josefina, was disfigured in a fire started by an American landlord, who defrauded the insurance company of $11,000.

These events distilled a hatred of the United States in Menendez from an early age, Raul became involved in arms smuggling operations during his teenage years. In 1986, Menendez captured a CIA team led by Frank Woods in Angola, and brutally tortured and killed off them, except for Woods, who only barely survived. During a mission to rescue Woods, Raul was shot by Alex Mason, destroying his right eye.

Later that year, Menendez was attacked by Panamanian forces aided by CIA operatives, including Alex Mason and Frank Woods. Menendez was captured by a squad of Panamanian troops led by Manuel Noriega himself, who attacked him while he was in a room with his sister, Josefina. Menendez kills one of the soldiers with a glass shard before being overpowered. Noriega betrays the CIA and shoots the two guards, then releases Menendez. Menendez knocks Noriega unconscious and grabs his Franchi SPAS-12 assault shotgun and machete, and fights his way through his hometown, armed with the SPAS-12, the machete, and other weapons he captures along the way. Sometimes, usually up hearing Josefina's screams, Menendez flies into berserker rage, charging at enemies and attacking them with his machete.

Years later, in the 2020s, Raul reappears as the head of Cordis Die, a socialist revolutionary organization. Menendez invests massive amounts of money into hiring mercenaries as a private army and equipping them with the best weapons available. It is discovered that Menendez intends to use a new quantum computer based on a newly discovered element, Celerium, for a massive cyber attack on the US, taking over the US fleet of combat drones and crippling US capabilities prior to "global uprising".

The exact events and final outcome of Menendez's actions vary depending on what action is taken by the player.