Dante Tafalla (1985-2008) was a Spanish Lords gang member and one of the casualties of the 2008 Joliet Street alleyway shootout.
Biography[]
Dante Tafalla was born in South Bronx, The Bronx, New York City in 1985 to a family of Puerto Rican descent. Tafalla became a member of the Spanish Lords street gang as a youth, and he oversaw several drug deals, including a drug deal with Patrick McReary and Peter O'Conrad off Joliet Street in 2008. The deal went sour when Ignacio Maroto, the Spanish Lords leader, drew a gun, and Niko Bellic killed Tafalla with a sniper rifle shot in the ensuing shootout.