Chico

Lore & Background

In the world of Ghost Recon: Wildlands, the Santa Blanca cartel has seized control of Bolivia's government, turning the nation into a drug-lord's fiefdom. Task Force Ghost, a small elite unit operating outside conventional military chains of command, is deployed to dismantle the cartel from the ground up. Chico is one of the operators embedded in this team, working in close coordination with the player's Ghost across Bolivia's vast open world. The Ghosts operate in a four-man squad, moving through the Andes, the Amazon basin, the salt flats, and the Altiplano. Their missions range from covert infiltration of cartel compound outposts to large-scale assault operations on fortified strongholds. Chico, like the rest of the squad, is a professional soldier whose personal history is left largely to the player's imagination, defined instead by their competence, loyalty, and the shared objective of freeing Bolivia. The squad's dynamic is one of mutual trust forged in the field. Banter and tactical callouts between the Ghosts underscore the reality that these operators depend on each other in a hostile, lawless environment where no reinforcements are coming. Chico's presence in the squad is a constant reminder that the Ghosts are a unit, not a lone wolf operation.

In Their Own Story

The Altiplano wind cut through the thermal layers of the Ghost's plate carrier like a blade. Chico was two hundred meters to the left, crouched behind a rusted truck, his suppressed rifle tracking the patrol rotating along the dirt road below. No radio chatter. No need. They'd run this formation so many times in the salt-flat training grounds that the spacing was instinct. A hand signal. Two fingers, then a slow sweep left to right. Chico understood. The patrol would break into two groups at the fork. When the first pair rounded the bend, the second would be exposed for exactly four seconds. The player's Ghost exhaled. The scope settled. And then, with the quiet precision of a man who had done this a hundred times in a hundred different Bolivian valleys, the shot went out. Chico was already repositioning, covering the flank, ready for the next pair. The wind kept blowing. The cartel's empire, one more outpost, one more patrol, one more quiet night in the highlands, shrank a little further.

Reader's Guide

Chico is one of the three AI Ghost operators who accompany the player's custom Ghost throughout Ghost Recon: Wildlands. He is not a fixed-class character; rather, his effectiveness is shaped entirely by the loadout you assign him in the gear menu. Before each operation, you can equip Chico with any combination of primary weapon, secondary weapon, body armor, and utility gear. Pair him with a heavy machine gun and a shield for a mobile anchor point, or load him with a DMR and a shotgun for flexible mid-range support. His behavior in the field adapts to his kit: a rifle-armed Chico will engage at range, while a shotgun-armed Chico will push closer to suppress and finish. In combat, Chico follows the player's general positioning and will engage visible hostiles within his effective range. He can be ordered to hold position, follow, or attack a specific target. He will call out enemy positions, request support, and react to being hit. He does not self-heal, so keeping him out of prolonged firefights without cover is important. Chico works best when you give him a clear role that complements your own. If you play aggressive and push objectives, assign Chico a support or overwatch role. If you play stealthy and precise, give him a suppression or flank role. He is not a mindless drone, but he is not a tactical genius either. Read the room, position the squad, and let Chico do what he does best: be the steady pair of eyes on your flank while you work the primary target.

Did You Know?

• Chico is one of the AI squadmates in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, a game set entirely in the country of Bolivia, where the player's Ghost team works to dismantle the Santa Blanca drug cartel.
• In Wildlands, the AI operators including Chico are not locked into fixed classes; the player can fully customize each one's weapon and gear loadout before every mission.
• Ghost Recon: Wildlands uses an open-world structure, meaning the player and their squad, including Chico, can traverse a vast map spanning the Andes, the Amazon, salt flats, and the Altiplano without loading screens.
• The Ghost squad operates outside standard military command, functioning as a small, self-sufficient unit in a country where the government itself has been captured by the cartel.