Des Buratto is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appeared as a multiplayer character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Des Buratto is, in 1984 a resident of Vice City and a member of the Mendez Cartel. He has been described as a Warriors knockoff [1], a title that Rockstar Toronto and Rockstar Games released in 2005. His name is a take on the term desperado, a Spanish term meaning desperate, used to describe a violent and reckless person.