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**NotMeThisTime: He is framed by Poet for selling drugs to Hill in order to escape Redding's wrath. wrath.
* TooDumbToLive: He doesn't seem to get that antagonizing [[AxCrazy Adebisi]] is a bad idea.
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* EmotionalRegression: A very dark and tragic example. He mentally reverts to a scared little boy due to his Alzheimer's Disease.
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* AndShowItToYou: Hd cut out an inmate's heart as retaliation for cutting out Eduardo's tongue.
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[[folder:Ricardo Alvarez]]
!!Ricardo Alvarez
->'''Played By:''' Tomas Milian, George A. Aguilar (young)
Alvarez's grandfather, who is serving a life term for killing another inmate.
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* AbusiveParents: Of the neglectful variety. He agrees with Mukada's blunt assessment of him being a shitty father, and admits to having neglected his son and grandson.
* TheAtoner: It's implied Mukada was able to convince him to take some sense of responsibility for Alvarez and his baby.
* PapaWolf: After a Haitian inmate cut out Eduardo's tongue, Ricardo cut the guy's heart out as revenge.
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[[folder:Eduardo Alvarez]]
!!Eduardo Alvarez
->'''Played By:''' Jose R. Rosario
Alvarez's father, who is serving a life sentence.
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* TongueTrauma: A Haitian inmate cut out his tongue because [[DisproportionateRetribution he talked to much.]]
* TheVoiceless: On account of having no tongue.
[[folder:Ricardo Alvarez]]
!!Ricardo Alvarez
->'''Played By:''' Tomas Milian, George A. Aguilar (young)
Alvarez's grandfather, who is serving a life term for killing another inmate.
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* AbusiveParents: Of the neglectful variety. He agrees with Mukada's blunt assessment of him being a shitty father, and admits to having neglected his son and grandson.
* TheAtoner: It's implied Mukada was able to convince him to take some sense of responsibility for Alvarez and his baby.
* PapaWolf: After a Haitian inmate cut out Eduardo's tongue, Ricardo cut the guy's heart out as revenge.
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[[folder:Eduardo Alvarez]]
!!Eduardo Alvarez
->'''Played By:''' Jose R. Rosario
Alvarez's father, who is serving a life sentence.
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* TongueTrauma: A Haitian inmate cut out his tongue because [[DisproportionateRetribution he talked to much.]]
* TheVoiceless: On account of having no tongue.
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[[folder:Carlos Rodrigo]]
!!Carlos Rodrigo
->'''Played By:''' Benny Nieves
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* AmbitionIsEvil: He's a large proponent for the Latinos getting more involved with the drug trade and desperately wants the gang to be on the same keel as the Italians and the Homeboys.
* BigBadWannabe: He definitely sees himself as a bigger threat than he actually is.
* MisplacedRetribution: He wants Keane killed for Martinez's death, ignorant that it was both self-defense and arranged by O'Reily and Healy.
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[[folder:Martinez]]
!!Julio Martinez
->'''Played By:''' Eddie J. Fernandez
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* NeckSnap: How Keane kills him.
* RedShirt: He only really exists to be killed in self-defense by Keane.
[[folder:Carlos Rodrigo]]
!!Carlos Rodrigo
->'''Played By:''' Benny Nieves
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* AmbitionIsEvil: He's a large proponent for the Latinos getting more involved with the drug trade and desperately wants the gang to be on the same keel as the Italians and the Homeboys.
* BigBadWannabe: He definitely sees himself as a bigger threat than he actually is.
* MisplacedRetribution: He wants Keane killed for Martinez's death, ignorant that it was both self-defense and arranged by O'Reily and Healy.
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[[folder:Martinez]]
!!Julio Martinez
->'''Played By:''' Eddie J. Fernandez
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* NeckSnap: How Keane kills him.
* RedShirt: He only really exists to be killed in self-defense by Keane.
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->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán
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* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: He's a rude and aggressive man.
* OneSteveLimit: Another prisoner named Martinez appeared in season one but they don't seem to be related.
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[[folder:Louis Beveliqua]]
!!Louis Bevilqua
-> '''Played By:''' George A. Aguilar
A Latino prisoner who, hill on the outside, raped Glynn's daughter. He has a hostile relationship with Miguel, who killed his cousin, Carlo Ricardo
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* AssassinOutclassin: His crime flashback shows him being shot at in his car by rival gangbangers (who kill the woman he's with) but managing to duck their bullets and run them off the road before shooting one of them as a bystander helps him out of the car.
* BaldOfEvil: A bald-headed, violent thug and rapist.
* DrunkDriver: In a flashback, and while receiving oral sex no less.
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[[folder:Carlo Ricardo]]
!!Carlo Ricardo
-> '''Played By:''' Juan Carlos Hernandez
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* NoodleIncident: Why he's in Oz is unrevealed.
* SanitySlippage: He slowly gets whackier after his parents and most of his siblings stop visiting him.
* OneSteveLimit: Another prisoner named Martinez appeared in season one but they don't seem to be related.
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[[folder:Louis Beveliqua]]
!!Louis Bevilqua
-> '''Played By:''' George A. Aguilar
A Latino prisoner who, hill on the outside, raped Glynn's daughter. He has a hostile relationship with Miguel, who killed his cousin, Carlo Ricardo
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* AssassinOutclassin: His crime flashback shows him being shot at in his car by rival gangbangers (who kill the woman he's with) but managing to duck their bullets and run them off the road before shooting one of them as a bystander helps him out of the car.
* BaldOfEvil: A bald-headed, violent thug and rapist.
* DrunkDriver: In a flashback, and while receiving oral sex no less.
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[[folder:Carlo Ricardo]]
!!Carlo Ricardo
-> '''Played By:''' Juan Carlos Hernandez
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* NoodleIncident: Why he's in Oz is unrevealed.
* SanitySlippage: He slowly gets whackier after his parents and most of his siblings stop visiting him.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is disgusted by Malcom Coyle's murder of a family and helps protect Augustus from Coyle.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He is disgusted by Malcom Coyle's murder of a family and helps protect Augustus from Coyle.
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** He doesn't kill Martinez when he has the chance even though it could theoretically lead to Morales ordering his death.
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* IrrationalHatred: For Alvarez. His grudge and hazing of him are pretty baseless, which Hernandez himself admits.
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* SanitySlippage: A combination of Alvarez constantly avoiding his murder attempts and [[spoiler: Alvarez's escape]] really makes him crack up.
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* SanitySlippage: A combination of Alvarez constantly avoiding his murder attempts and [[spoiler: Alvarez's escape]] escape really makes him crack up.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loved loves his sister, and goes into shock [[spoiler:after after her death.]]
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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: It only takes a vague comment by Mukada about his sister's "marital problems" for Morales to seek out his sister's husband, and [[spoiler:upon upon confirming that he physically abused her, pound the guy's face into a bloody pulp]].pulp.
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{{Badass}}: The man is terrifying. Every member of El Norte is scared to death of making him angry.
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* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: Hernandez is one mean son-of-a-bitch. Even people he likes get it pretty rough from him.
* MoralityPet: Rebadow's presence chills him out immensely, and he's the first one Hernandez really opens up to. [[spoiler: It makes it kind of tragic when Rebadow offs him.]]
* MoralityPet: Rebadow's presence chills him out immensely, and he's the first one Hernandez really opens up to. [[spoiler: It makes it kind of tragic when Rebadow offs him.]]
* SanitySlippage: A combination of Alvarez constantly avoiding his murder attempts and [[spoiler: Alvarez's escape]] really makes him crack up.
* TragicMonster: More than 30 years in prison has destroyed everything decent about Hernandez.
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* WifeBasherBasherWifeBasherBasher: Particularly when the wife in question is his flesh and blood.
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* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: The guy's an ass, constantly antagonizing Alvarez without a real reason.
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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: It only takes a vague comment by Mukada about his sister's "marital problems" for Morales to seek out his sister's husband, and [[spoiler:upon confirming that he physically abused her, pound the guy's face into a bloody pulp]].
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* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the show overall
* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the show overall
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cholos.
* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the showoveralloverall.
* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the show
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* ManipulativeBastard
ManipulativeBastard: He ably plays the Chinese refugees against Burr Redding.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As a gang-member, Morales is rather even-tempered and reasonable in his dealings. His willingness to compromise and not let emotion guide him is one of the reasons why his leadership is so successful for the Latinos.
* SharpDressedMan: Seen in his crime flashback.
*SickbedSlayingSickbedSlaying: [[spoiler:How he meets his end, killed by an Angel-of-Death type SerialKiller who's a nurse in Oz.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As a gang-member, Morales is rather even-tempered and reasonable in his dealings. His willingness to compromise and not let emotion guide him is one of the reasons why his leadership is so successful for the Latinos.
* SharpDressedMan: Seen in his crime flashback.
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* UnknownRival: to To Alvarez, who's aware of his existence and hatred, but cares very little. They eventually bury the exhausting hatchet.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tips off McManus [=McManus=] about Omar White having drugs, triggering a shakedown... but forgets he has them on his person as well.
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!Leadership
[[folder:El Cid]]
!!Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán
->''Prisoner #98H498. Convicted July 10, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20.''
A legendary Latino gangster, he takes over the gang from Alvarez and immediately ostracizes him for his Caucasian-like features. He controls his third of the drug trade with a respected iron fist, but eventually lack of success in offing Alvarez gets to him, and he goes nuts.
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim[[
* {{Badass}}
* BeardOfEvil
* TheCartel: Implied to be a hitman for one of these organizations.
* {{Jerkass}}
* PerpetualFrowner
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SouthOfTheBorder: Stated to be a Mexican gangster, whereas the majority of the Latinos are Puerto Rican or Cuban.
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[[folder:Enrique Morales]]
!Leadership
[[folder:El Cid]]
!!Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán
->''Prisoner #98H498. Convicted July 10, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20.''
A legendary Latino gangster, he takes over the gang from Alvarez and immediately ostracizes him for his Caucasian-like features. He controls his third of the drug trade with a respected iron fist, but eventually lack of success in offing Alvarez gets to him, and he goes nuts.
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim[[
* {{Badass}}
* BeardOfEvil
* TheCartel: Implied to be a hitman for one of these organizations.
* {{Jerkass}}
* PerpetualFrowner
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SouthOfTheBorder: Stated to be a Mexican gangster, whereas the majority of the Latinos are Puerto Rican or Cuban.
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!!Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán
->''Prisoner #98H498. Convicted July 10, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20.''
A legendary Latino gangster, he takes over the gang from Alvarez and immediately ostracizes him for his Caucasian-like features. He controls his third of the drug trade with a respected iron fist, but eventually lack of success in offing Alvarez gets to him, and he goes nuts.
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
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* PerpetualFrowner
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!!Carlos Martinez
->'''Played By:''' Carlos Leon
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!!Carlos Martinez
->'''Played By:''' Carlos Leon
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* TheCartel: Mixes in with GangBangers, as figures such as El Cid Hernandez are hitmen and other figures for the cartels, while others such as Miguel Alvarez and Carlo Rodrigo are street-level cholos
* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the show overall
* RuthlessForeignGangsters
!!Enrique Morales
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Enrique_Morales_6899.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' David Zayas
->''Prisoner #00M871. Convicted April 6, 2000 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 25 years, up for parole in 15.''
A highly intelligent and powerful inmate who quickly becomes the Latino leader.
* AffablyEvil
* BadassInCharge
* BeardOfEvil
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* EvilGenius: Probably the smartest gang leader in the series.
* GeniusBruiser
* ManipulativeBastard
* SharpDressedMan: Seen in his flashback.
* WifeBasherBasher
!!Carmen "Chico" Guerra
->'''Played By:''' Otto Sanchez
->''Prisoner #96G522. Convicted June 4, 1996 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 53 years, up for parole in 17.''
The unambitious and unimaginative henchman to several Latino leaders.
* AscendedExtra: The only other Latino character to survive all the way through the show, outliving several other extras with no lines.
* BodyHorror: What he does to himself.
* FlatCharacter: He pretty much exists to taunt Alvarez time and again, and cozy up to whomever is leading the Latinos at the moment.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tips off McManus about Omar White having drugs, triggering a shakedown... but forgets he has them on his person as well.
* {{Jerkass}}
* UnknownRival: to Alvarez, who's aware of his existence and hatred, but cares very little. They eventually bury the exhausting hatchet.
!!Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán
->''Prisoner #98H498. Convicted July 10, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20.''
A legendary Latino gangster, he takes over the gang from Alvarez and immediately ostracizes him for his Caucasian-like features. He controls his third of the drug trade with a respected iron fist, but eventually lack of success in offing Alvarez gets to him, and he goes nuts.
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
* TheCartel: Implied to be a hitman for one of these organizations.
* PerpetualFrowner
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SouthOfTheBorder: Stated to be a Mexican gangster, whereas the majority of the Latinos are Puerto Rican or Cuban.
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* TheCartel: Mixes in with GangBangers, as figures such as El Cid Hernandez are hitmen and other figures for the cartels, while others such as Miguel Alvarez and Carlo Rodrigo are street-level cholos
* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the show overall
* RuthlessForeignGangsters
!!Enrique Morales
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->'''Played By:''' David Zayas
->''Prisoner #00M871. Convicted April 6, 2000 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 25 years, up for parole in 15.''
A highly intelligent and powerful inmate who quickly becomes the Latino leader.
* AffablyEvil
* BadassInCharge
* BeardOfEvil
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* EvilGenius: Probably the smartest gang leader in the series.
* GeniusBruiser
* ManipulativeBastard
* SharpDressedMan: Seen in his flashback.
* WifeBasherBasher
!!Carmen "Chico" Guerra
->'''Played By:''' Otto Sanchez
->''Prisoner #96G522. Convicted June 4, 1996 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 53 years, up for parole in 17.''
The unambitious and unimaginative henchman to several Latino leaders.
* AscendedExtra: The only other Latino character to survive all the way through the show, outliving several other extras with no lines.
* BodyHorror: What he does to himself.
* FlatCharacter: He pretty much exists to taunt Alvarez time and again, and cozy up to whomever is leading the Latinos at the moment.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tips off McManus about Omar White having drugs, triggering a shakedown... but forgets he has them on his person as well.
* {{Jerkass}}
* UnknownRival: to Alvarez, who's aware of his existence and hatred, but cares very little. They eventually bury the exhausting hatchet.
!!Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán
->''Prisoner #98H498. Convicted July 10, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20.''
A legendary Latino gangster, he takes over the gang from Alvarez and immediately ostracizes him for his Caucasian-like features. He controls his third of the drug trade with a respected iron fist, but eventually lack of success in offing Alvarez gets to him, and he goes nuts.
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
* TheCartel: Implied to be a hitman for one of these organizations.
* PerpetualFrowner
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SouthOfTheBorder: Stated to be a Mexican gangster, whereas the majority of the Latinos are Puerto Rican or Cuban.
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