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to death. They escape with the help of Mia's pet monkey, Mr. Leone. Cooper rescues
Sanchez and finally confronts El Diablo. To his shock, Diablo reveals that he is actually Marshal Jackson. After a brutal gunfight, Cooper finishes Diablo off with his knife and collect the reward, making sure that everyone in his gang gets an equal share before they part ways.
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509:, released in July 2018 improved compatibility with newer Windows 10 OS, as well as ports to MacOS and Linux, added foreign dubs that were previously missing from most digital versions, and its mission from the game's demo brought into the full game.
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Smith is assassinated before Cooper can get answers, and with
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