Rico Granados
Biographical Information
Gender	Male
Born	1907
Died	1959 (aged 52)
Affiliation	Granados
Title(s)	Don

"I know Trapani, I tried to bring him on a land deal in Florida. He's a smart man... property's under six feet of fucking swamp right now."

―Rico Granados^[src]

Rico Granados was the Don of the Granados family.

BiographyEdit

The Don of the Mexican Granados family, Rico gained his power through property development, yet it was not long before criminals attempted to extort him, and rather than be cowed, he decided that he could make more money by hiring thugs into his deals which eventually helped him in reaching 'untouchable' status.

Rico and RothEdit

Rico was at Hyman Roth's birthday party in Havana, Cuba, where he was to be given a portion of Roth's business empire, specifically the Hotel National. He was also known to be allies with the Mangano family, and was keen to have the friendship of the Corleone Don of New York, Aldo Trapani, whom he was involved in property negotiations with. Trapani wisely rejected Granados' property deal, which was fortunate, as the building in question soon sank into the swamps of Florida. He also made attempts to ally himself with Samuele Mangano.

Miami EmpireEdit

Following the collapse of Fulgencio Batista's regime, Rico pulled out of Cuba and established his empire in Miami, where he became bitter enemies with Roth after disputes over property, even attempting to kill associates of his such as Vernon Strazzi and Bruce Bindo.

To defeat Granados, Roth called in Dominic, Aldo Trapani's replacement as Corleone Don of New York, who managed to free Roth's rat in the Granados family, Steven Ciccoricco and launch a campaign against the family. Rico was killed during the raid on his compound, wherein his entire empire was wiped out and given to the Corleones.

Personality and traitsEdit

A charismatic figure, Rico became involved in a life of crime out of necessity, and was not as brutal as some of his counterparts unless he had been slighted, in which case he would respond quickly and wihout pity. He was a savvy businessman and operator from his legitimate days and could usually talk his way out of a violent situation.