History Characters / BetterCallSaulCartel

* BloodKnight: Getting put into checkmark via a police audience? No reason to stop punching with an appreciative smile.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He plans on brutally executing the Lindholm twins for insulting his grandmother. Jimmy has to talk him down so that he ''only'' breaks one of each of their legs. Later, Mike is subject to a beating for "accidentally" sideswiping Tuco's car (a gambit set up by Mike and Nacho to get Tuco out of the way without killing him). Although Mike did grab him and knock his gun away before he starts seriously beating on Mike but that's like beating someone for defending himself of a mugger.

* HairTriggerTemper: Naturally. Just about anything will send him into a murderous rage. Nacho even puts a hit on him partly because he is sick of his kill-happy attitude. Heck, "continue punching the insulter even though police cars have me cornered"? One hell of a temper, dude.
* LargeHam: Though he's actually [[SoftSpokenSadist very calm]] when his Abuelita is around, as soon as he takes Jimmy out into the desert he turns back into the screaming, AxCrazy madman that we know and love.

* SmallRoleBigImpact

* BullyingADragon: His efforts to intimidate Mike by threatening his family, who he seems to think is relatively harmless for an ex-cop. This is especially true since [[spoiler: Mike starts to go well out of his way to try to see Hector arrested or dead. And of course Hector made a similar mistake years earlier with Gus Fring.]]

* BullyingADragon: His efforts to intimidate Mike by threatening his family, who he seems to think is relatively harmless for an ex-cop. This is especially true since [[spoiler: Mike starts to go well out of his way to try to see Hector arrested or dead. And of course Hector made a similar mistake years earlier with Gustavo Fring in ''Breaking Bad''.]]

A drug mule for the Cartel.

* TheDreaded: While not as powerful as Gus, Lydia, or the Neo-Nazis, Tuco is still a force to be reckoned with. And he hasn't even found out yet that Nacho has been making deals behind his back.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He tries to have his nephew out of jail.

* LeaveNoWitnesses: After Mike attacks one of his trucks, Hector executes a witness who stumbled upon it.

* BoomHeadshot: Shot in the head by the Cousins and buried in an unmarked grave

* ButtMonkey: Is wrecked, beaten up, and completely humiliated by Mike.

* BadLiar: Tuco thinks his Abuelita is unaware of what he does. [[FridgeBrilliance Nope, sorry: she's well aware.]] From that determined hit-''and-run'', to the immediate solution of "go-to grandson with the two problems that followed me" and the club soda? Tuco hasn't fooled her in years.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Though he only appears onscreen in three episodes, he has a knack for completely changing the course of events.

Character subpage for characters affiliated with the Juarez Cartel in ''Series/BetterCallSaul''. For the Salamancas when they appear in ''Series/BreakingBad'', [[Chracters/BreakingBadSalamancaFamily click here]]. For the main character page, [[Characters/BetterCallSaul click here]].

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Though he only appears onscreen in two episodes, he has a big impact even when he's not onscreen.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He's the most powerful drug dealer featured on the show so far, but has only appeared in the first two episodes. Justified as his appearance was only meant to be an Easter egg for ''Breaking Bad'' fans.

* WorthyOpponent: He agrees to pay Mike ten times what he originally offered. Anybody else probably would have been shot in the head, but Hector appreciates a man with the giant balls to face him without fear. The fact that Mike completely schooled the enforcers he sent probably had something to do with it too.

* MouthOfSauron

* WorthyOpponent: He agrees to pay Mike ten times what he originally offered. Anybody else probably would have been instantly killed, but Hector appreciates a man with the giant balls to face him without fear. The fact that Mike completely schooled the enforcers he sent probably had something to do with it too.

* SavedByCanon

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* SuddenlyVoiced: Sorta. In all present-day scenes in ''Breaking Bad'', Hector's stroke had rendered him mute. ''Better Call Saul'' takes place before ''Breaking Bad'' and before Hector's stroke. So this is the first time we've seen Hector speak in a non-flashback scene in either show, and also the first time we've seen him speak in English (the two ''Breaking Bad'' flashbacks were in Spanish).
* WorthyOpponent: He agrees to pay Mike ten time what he originally offered. Anybody else probably would have been instantly killed, but Hector appreciates a man with the giant balls to face him without fear. The fact that Mike completely schooled the enforcers he sent probably had something to do with it too.

WorthyOpponent: He agrees to pay Mike ten time what he originally offered. Anybody else probably would have been instantly killed, but Hector appreciates a man with the giant balls to face him without fear. The fact that Mike completely schooled the enforcers he sent probably had something to do with it too.

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[[folder:Arturo]]
!!Arturo
->'''Played by:''' Vincent Fuentes
Muscle for Hector Salamanca.

* TheDreaded: Mike is scared shitless by them just appearing overlooking the pool while he's supervising Kaylee. Even moreso when Marco does a gun sign towards him.

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!!Ignatio ''Nacho'' Varga

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