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Last night was hard. Great guys. Keep it up.

The Lomas originated in Red County, with core members tied to small-time Norteño-affiliated sets operating out of Palomino Creek, Blueberry trailer parks, and San Fierro dock circles. Their leader, Edgar “Viriz” Benitez, is a Palomino Creek-born Caucasian-Mexican with prior involvement in smuggling operations and local drug distribution circuits, dating back to his years as a sailor along the San Andreas coast. In early 2025, following his release from state prison on narcotics charges, Viriz relocated to Las Colinas, establishing a small foothold at the Ambrose Trailer Park. From there, the Lomas maintained a decentralized, low-visibility presence, running narcotics, committing petty theft, and building minor connections around East Los Santos and neighboring county areas. An unresolved drug debt, stemming from a lost maritime shipment years earlier at the San Fierro docks, became the trigger for their absorption. The debt, still noted within Conexión records, was brought back to the surface by Salvador’s network, prompting contact with Viriz just as tensions between Norteño factions and Sureño sets began escalating across East Los Santos. Effective immediately, the Lomas are absorbed into La Conexión Mexicana Desde El Océano Pacífico, operating under Conexión leadership with full IC compliance. The group retains its Norteño cultural identity but is now formally attached as street-level operational muscle. OOC Note The Lomas started as a low-scale Norteño faction, rooted in county-level and North San Andreas RP culture, with focus on survivalist criminal RP: small drug deals, petty crimes, extortion, and decentralized outpost-based operations. All faction development up to this point was fully organic, with no scripting advantages and no external support. The Lomas built their identity through character-driven storylines, including interactions with bikers, local criminals, and independent smuggling RP across Red County and East Los Santos. Following IC pressure stemming from San Fierro smuggling debts, combined with escalating in-character tensions and confrontations with Sureño players, the Lomas are now officially absorbed into La Conexión Mexicana Desde El Océano Pacífico. All members have provided full CK permissions and fully acknowledge that the Lomas’ independent storyline has concluded. Going forward, all future screenshots, stories, and RP development from Lomas characters will take place inside the Conexión thread, as part of the broader Conexión RP environment. We appreciate the opportunity to merge and continue developing our characters and storylines under a larger, more organized umbrella.

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Just did some retexturing of San Fierro Rifa skins. If you roleplay with us you better get these installed! https://www.mediafire.com/file/z08inj4skkp1f5c/clr14.rar/file

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Red County Drug Networks Suspected Behind Surge in Meth and Cocaine Flowing Into Los Santos Outskirts By: Marco Alvarez | LS Metro Crime Desk Los Santos, June 2025 A quiet but growing concern is emerging along the city’s northern fringe. Law enforcement sources and local residents point to a sharp uptick in street-level narcotics activity across neighborhoods like Las Colinas and East Los Santos, fueled by what authorities describe as "rural-to-urban distribution pipelines originating in Red County and as far north as San Fierro." While much of the focus traditionally falls on South Central’s long-standing gang conflicts, recent months have seen a noticeable shift in criminal dynamics along the hillsides and outer neighborhoods bordering the county line: “We’re seeing product come down the 68, the 1, and even off smaller backroads,” said a senior detective with the Los Santos Narcotics Task Force, requesting anonymity. “It’s meth, it’s cocaine. Small batches, but frequent. Lots of hand-to-hand, low visibility stuff.” Local businesses near Ambrose Trailer Park, an aging mobile home community in Lower Colinas, report increased late-night traffic and unfamiliar faces, with some describing the area as "changing fast and not for the better." Police have responded to several disturbances around the Havana Nightclub, a known nightlife hotspot on the border between East Los Santos and Las Colinas. Witnesses describe multiple violent altercations between Sureño-affiliated groups and what appear to be Red County-based Norteño actors, though officials have declined to comment on any formal gang classifications. “It’s spillover,” says a retired LSPD gang unit sergeant now working private security in East LS. The LSPD and Sheriff’s Department both declined official interviews for this story. For residents, the changes are hard to ignore. “It used to be sleepy up here,” said one long-time Colinas resident. “Now it’s a different crowd. A little more paranoid. A little more... armed.” With inter-gang violence reportedly on the rise, including a recent spike in drive-by incidents and street confrontations near Las Flores and East LS, officials caution that the city’s northern neighborhoods may be entering a new phase of gang competition and drug turf expansion. No arrests have been officially linked to the new wave of county-based actors as of this writing. OOC Note This thread represents the ongoing IC development of the Lomas, a Norteño-aligned, county-bred group operating in and around Las Colinas and East LS. Our RP focuses on low-income, decentralized street crime, with strong ties to Red County and San Fierro narratives. We’re here for character-driven, survival-focused RP, with an emphasis on realism, slow progression, and organic conflict.