Colonel Vargas grew up in Las Almas alongside his second in command, Sergeant Major Rodolfo Parra. He admitted to skipping school in order to spend time in the mountainous trails at the outskirts of the city, which, by the time the campaign takes place, is now a Cartel hideout. At some point in his life, most likely once he turned 18, he enlisted in the Mexican Army and, at another undisclosed point after that, joined the Mexican Special Forces, serving alongside Valeria Garza.