

This likely coincides with him taking the blame for a crime committed by Armando and Henrique (neither of whom were caught) and going to prison. In 2001, he was arrested again for grand theft auto. Curiously, this does not appear on his criminal record. Armando and Henrique remember spending the summer of 1999 with Luis, meaning it happened during their next school year. In 2000, when Luis was 17, he was sent to juvenile hall because he shot and injured a teacher who "felt up" his sister. Henrique at one point reflects on the time the three of them had stolen liquor from Principal Fischer's office, and claims that detention in their school was almost as bad as a violent and painful death.

He was also scrawnier in those years, as Armando and Henrique recall. Henrique claims that Luis was a poor rapper because people used to laugh at him when he would rap. During a drug war, Henrique mentions that Luis used to rap while Henrique "laid down" the beat.

He also grew up with Oscar and Alonso Gomez, Teddy Benavidez and Willy Valerio, older kids by three years, who ushered most of the neighborhood kids into dealing drugs. He was raised by his mother, who also had a notable role in the upbringing of Luis' childhood (and current) best friends, Armando Torres and Henrique Bardas. Marine who abandoned them while they were young. His mother is Adriana Yanira Lopez, his older brother Ernesto Lopez and his younger sister Leta Lopez-Wilkinson. Luis is of Dominican descent and was raised on Frankfort Avenue of Northwood in Algonquin, Liberty City. 6.1 Other Crimes Committed (player-determinant).
