General Manuel Borbon was the head of the military dictatorship of the caribbean nation of Costa Morada, known for killing thousands of political prisoners, and selling out to the Medellin drug cartel. In 1989 Borbon agreed to turn state's evidence on the Medellins in exchange for safe passage out of his country, now torn by civil war and a rebellion against his junta. Borbon does not like dissent--he killed his financial minister for suggesting he was taking money out of the country--and is not liked by another cartel head--Caesar Montoya--who does not want Borbon to leave, and attempts an attack to stop it. The men sent to get Borbon out--Metro-Dade Detectives James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs--manage to get Borbon to a waiting boat and choose to stash him in a safe house t