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* {{Flanderization}}: He's introduced as an urban legend in the underworld, to the point of becoming an urban legend known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast 'El Cid']]. He does have some distinctive moments, like helping Adebisi take back control of the Gangstas and his PetTheDog moment with Bob Rebadow. But in the end, he is defined by very little other than his all-consuming IrrationalHatred of Alvarez. It even crops up in his moment with Rebadow, where he admits that he himself can't figure out why he hates Alvarez so much.
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* {{Flanderization}}: He's introduced as an urban legend in the Latino underworld, to the point of becoming an urban legend known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast 'El Cid']]. He does have some distinctive moments, like helping Adebisi take back control of the Gangstas and his PetTheDog moment with Bob Rebadow. But in the end, he is defined by very little other than his all-consuming IrrationalHatred of Alvarez. It even crops up in his moment with Rebadow, where he admits that he himself can't figure out why he hates Alvarez so much.
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* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler:He does when Alvarez shanks him after he tries to kill him on El Cid's orders.]]
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* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler:He does dies when Alvarez shanks him after he tries to kill him on El Cid's orders.]]
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* AxCrazy: His crime flashback shows him beating an elderly couple to death, one at a time, and each with [[NoKillLikeOverkill multiple blows]] from a [[GolfClubbing golf club]]. He's only too eager to try and fulfill El Cid's order to kill Alvarez.
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* PetTheDog: He treats Rebadow with an uncharacteristic level of respect, even empathizing with how they have spent the same amount of time in prison, and doesn't do anything to intimidate the older cellmate. This makes it rather harsh when Rebadow murders him.
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* BadassInCharge: Sure, he prefers to delegate, but he's more than capable of holding his own when the chips are down.
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* HateAtFirstSight: Instantly starts a hate on for Alvarez the very moment he lays eyes on him.
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* StoutStrength: His flashback sees him beat another man to death while barely breaking a sweat. He also beats his brother-in-law within an inch of his life, again with very little effort. It's clear there's a mass of muscle underneath his thick exterior. And given that he's [[GeniusBruiser quite intelligent and manipulative]], fans familiar with both ''Series/{{Oz}}'' and ''Series/TheSopranos'' have often likened him to a Latino equivalent of Tony Soprano.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Loves to refer to Alvarez as "Michael", the Anglicized equivalent of "Miguel". It's meant to put Alvarez down as not being Latino enough and "too white".
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* {{Leitmotif}}: His scenes are punctuated or accompanied by the sound of a cuica (squeaky drum).
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* DisproportionateRetribution: If El Cid even mildly dislikes you, he will make you suffer to the best of his ability out of spite.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: If El Cid even mildly dislikes you, he will make you suffer to the best of his ability out of spite. Alvarez is the most frequent (though definitely not the most wounded) victim of this.
** Exemplified by bullying Alvarez into blinding Rivera, a prison guard, simply because Alvarez wanted to stop being treated like dirt by him and the other Latinos. The reason? Rivera ordered El Cid to get his feet off the table and refused to be intimidated by him.
** Exemplified by bullying Alvarez into blinding Rivera, a prison guard, simply because Alvarez wanted to stop being treated like dirt by him and the other Latinos. The reason? Rivera ordered El Cid to get his feet off the table and refused to be intimidated by him.
* KarmaHoudini: With Rivera's blinding at least. Despite having orchestrated the whole thing he is never even found out by the authorities or directly punished for it. [[spoiler: Rebadow]] kills him for other reasons.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Well, not friend, but he's constantly pressuring Alvarez into doing idiotic and unhealthy things to prove himself.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Well, not friend, but he's constantly pressuring Alvarez into doing cruel, idiotic and unhealthy things to prove himself.'earn his cojones' with the Latinos.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Alvarez pins the tape of Glynn's daughter on him posthumously after killing him.]]
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Alvarez pins the tape rape of Glynn's daughter on him posthumously after killing him.]]
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[[folder:Louis Beveliqua]]
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[[folder:Louis Beveliqua]]
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He's only around for one episode before Giles kills him to save Alvarez.]]
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He's He's mentioned in passing several times while the prisoners in Solitary are being counted, but [[spoiler:is only physically around for one episode before Giles kills him to save Alvarez.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after his sister stops visiting him, unaware that it was because she got a nee job out of state since [[{{Jerkass}} Lopresti]] threw the letter explaining this away.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after his sister stops visiting him, unaware that it was because she got a nee new job out of state since [[{{Jerkass}} Lopresti]] threw the letter explaining this away.]]
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* AndShowItToYou: Hd cut out an inmate's heart as retaliation for cutting out Eduardo's tongue.
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* AndShowItToYou: Hd He cut out an inmate's heart as retaliation for cutting out Eduardo's tongue.
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* TongueTrauma: A Haitian inmate cut out his tongue because [[DisproportionateRetribution he talked to much.]]
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* TongueTrauma: A Haitian inmate cut out his tongue because [[DisproportionateRetribution he talked to too much.]]
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* JerkassWoobie: It's hard not to feel at least a little compassionate for him as his connection with his family slowly fades away completely. His humanity and sanity aren't far behind sadly.
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* TooDumbToLive: Fails to kill Guerra after basically politely requesting to kill him for Alvarez.
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:The first episode of Season 2 reveals he was one of the casualties of the raid at the end of Season 1.]]
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* TheGhost: He never appears throughout the first season and is paroled towards the end, resulting in Alvarez taking over. He does show up in person in Season 6, only to get sent to Solitary for the rest of the series,
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* PutOnABus: He's last seen getting dragged off by some [=COs=].
* PutOnABus: He's last seen getting dragged off by some [=COs=].
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!!Jose Torres
-> '''Played By:''' Frank Shamrock
The original leader of the Latinos.
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* TheGhost: He never appears throughout the first season and is paroled towards the end, resulting in Alvarez taking over. He does show up in person in Season 6, only to get sent to Solitary for the rest of the series,
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!!Jose Torres
-> '''Played By:''' Frank Shamrock
The original leader of the Latinos.
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A young Latino soldier who looks up to Alvarez.
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* TheDragon: He wants to be this to Alvarez, seeing him as an up-and-coming leader.
* VillainRespect: He looks up to Alvarez because of his stunt where he let Guerra stab him, viewing his bravery as the future for El Norte.
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A young Latino soldier who looks up to Alvarez.
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* TheDragon: He wants to be this to Alvarez, seeing him as an up-and-coming leader.
* VillainRespect: He looks up to Alvarez because of his stunt where he let Guerra stab him, viewing his bravery as the future for El Norte.
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* HazyFeelTurn: Eventually he buries the hatchet with Alvarez and becomes his friend.
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* TooDumbToLive: He doesn't seem to get that antagonizing [[AxCrazy Adebisi]] is a bad idea.
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* TooDumbToLive: He doesn't seem to get that antagonizing [[AxCrazy Adebisi]] is a bad idea. This proves to be a recurring flaw, since he repeatedly antagonizes people who could easily kill him.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Alvarez pins the tape of Glynn's daughter on him posthumously after killing him.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after his sister stops visiting him, unaware that it was because she got a nee job out of state since [[{{Jerkass}} Lopresti]] threw the letter explaining this away.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He deeply loves his family, and their slow abandonment of him gradually breaks him.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after his sister stops visiting him, unaware that it was because she got a nee job out of state since [[{{Jerkass}} Lopresti]] threw the letter explaining this away.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: If El Cid even mildly dislikes you, he will make you suffer to the best of his ability out of spite.
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* ArchEnemy: To Alvarez. El Cid is constantly serving as a corrupting influence on Alvarez with his insistence on him needing to constantly prove himself, and failing that just trying to flat-out kill him.
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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.
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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. [[spoiler:He's the victim of it himself, when Giles steals his shank and stabs him in the throat with it before he can kill Alvarez.]]
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* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler:He does when Alvarez shanks him after he tries to kill him on El Cid's orders.]]
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Well, not friend, but he's constantly pressuring Alvarez into doing idiotic and unhealthy things to prove himself.
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* AffablyEvil: He starts out as being rather friendly. [[SanitySlippage It doesn't last.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The knowledge that his family no longer wants anything to do with him and is slowly abandoning him slowly breaks Ricardo's mind.
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* SanitySlippage: He slowly gets whackier after his parents and most of his siblings stop visiting him.
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* SanitySlippage: He slowly gets whackier grows unhinged after his parents and most of his siblings stop visiting him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He grows more aggressive and violent as his family slowly abandons him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He grows more aggressive and violent as his family slowly abandons him.
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