Los Panteros: Faction Profile and Background

Los Panteros are one of the major rival factions and gangs in the 2022 reboot of Saints Row (Saints Row 5). Read on to learn more about Los Panteros, their backstory, and their leader.

Los Panteros Profile

Faction Profile

Overview
	Name: Los Panteros Leader: Sergio Velez Combat: Tank-like strength
Description
Los Panteros are the original, home-grown street gang in Santo Ileso. Obsessed with strength and car culture, they control most of the core criminal activity in Santo Ileso: auto-theft, drug trafficking, protection rackets, smuggling.

Leader Profile

	Name: Sergio Velez Role: Leader Combat: Tank-like strength Faction: Los Panteros EN Voice Actor: David DeSantos
Sergio Velez is the head of Los Panteros, Santo Ileso's original criminal gang. He takes heavy-handed control over his gang, taking massive cuts from their criminal activities and intimidating anybody who dares to disobey or disrespect him. With his leadership turning Los Panteros into the criminal syndicate it is now, you can be sure that Sergio will not let anybody get in his or his gang's way.

Sergio Velez: Profile and Backstory

All Known Members

Sergio Velez (Leader)

Los Panteros Background

The Original Gang

The streets of Santo Ileso are Los Panteros' home, their turf, their city. They grew up here. They own this town.

As far as they’re concerned, everyone else is trespassing. They’ll be tolerated so long as they stay in their lane and pay their respects (and a cut of the profits); anyone who doesn’t is in for a truck-load of trouble.

Holds Strength Above All

Above all else, Los Panteros respect raw, physical strength. Their obsession with vehicles is both practical and symbolic–their muscle cars, motorcycles, and monster-trucks are the base of their power, serving both as assets for committing crimes and weapons for smacking down anyone who needs to learn their place.

Passionate About Cars

Los Panteros are constantly engaged in tuning their cars for optimal performance. They also use them as a form of artistic expression, a way to display their panther pride.

Cars are a source of personal prestige and status within Los Panteros: shoot someone in the face and they’re dead; mess with their car… and they’re nobody.

Expression Through Muscle and Ink

Los Panteros treat their bodies no different than their cars: they are both assets and weapons, as such, they spend as much time working out to keep their bodies in shape as they do tuning up their cars. They also treat their bodies as a source of personal expression, displaying their panther pride through elaborate tattoos.

Contraband Runners

Los Panteros make their fortune primarily by moving contraband across the US-Mexico border to major cities around the country. The nature of the cargo is unimportant–if the price is right they'll haul the load, be it drugs, weapons, stolen antiquities, or fugitives. And they will not hesitate to run down anyone who gets in their way.

Neenah's Former Faction

Prior to her joining the Saints, Neenah was part of the Los Panteros. She was one of their mechanics before their partnership soured, leading to Neenah cutting ties with them.

Neenah: Profile and Backstory

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