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Mayans - Santo Padre Charter
Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes
Portrayed By: J. D. Pardo
Once a "golden boy" with a bright future ahead of him, he loses it all when he accidentally murders a cop while chasing his mother's murderer. Years later, he gets out of jail due to a deal with the DEA and seeks a membership among the Mayans MC.
- Accidental Murder: The truth of the crime he was imprisoned for and it’s constantly a reminder of how his old life is gone.
- Affectionate Nickname: Is called Boy Scout by Coco and Angel.
- Anti-Hero: He's working to bring down the Galindo Cartel, but to remain undercover, he has to do very unsavoury things. The entire reason he's involved in the first place is due to his own criminal behavior.
- Badass Biker: It's a Given, let's face it.
- Becoming the Mask: He joined the Mayans in order to fulfill his role in the DEA deal, but being a prospect grew on him and he ended up wanting the full patch. At the end of Season Two he gets it.
- Break Her Heart to Save Her: To Emily pre-series when he's in prison, which he regrets immediately.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Besides being the antiheroic protagonist with a beard, being in a vigilante biker gang and their devotion to their family. EZ and Jax Teller come from drastically different backgrounds. Jax was the heir to SAMCRO’s legacy and had devoted his entire life to the club. Meanwhile EZ at first only joined the club as part of his role as an informant for the DEA and had a prospective life. Jax was a mostly non-academic bad boy who "only knew outlaw", whereas EZ was a promising athlete attending university with a bright future. We're introduced to Jax as the Vice-President of the Sons and a vital member integral to most of their actions. We're introduced to EZ as a Mayans prospect far from the Experienced Protagonist Jax was and definitely not as privy to the MC's actions.
- Cop Killer: He ended up in prison for accidentally killing a police officer whilst chasing his mother’s killer and Potter particularly enjoys reminding EZ of his status as one by blackmailing him into doing it again.
- Cultured Badass: EZ might be an ex-con biker, but he also went to Stanford and enjoys books of poetry, he also knows Latin.
- Genius Bruiser: His athleticism gives him an edge despite him being far from as experienced a fighter as other members of the club are, and he has quite a high I.Q.
- My Greatest Failure: How EZ views his Accidental Murder as stated above. This lead to him losing almost everything: his girlfriend, his future, a potential child and his freedom.
- "No More Holding Back" Speech: Gives one to Angel to justify why he deserves to patch into the Mayans and why he asked Bishop to be his sponsor instead of him.
- Photographic Memory: A vital character trait; his ability to spot and retain information comes in handy multiple times: in his role as an informant, when the club needs information and in uncovering clues on his mother’s murder.
- Rank Up:He gets his full patch at the end of Season 2.
- The Mole: For the DEA.
- Mr. Fanservice: Just like Jax.
Angel Reyes
Portrayed By: Clayton Cardenas
- Big Brother Instinct
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Do Not Do This Cool Thing: His desire of wanting to keep EZ from the outlaw life sometimes sounds like it. - Formerly Fat: Was a little chubby as a kid.
- Love Interest:Adelita.
- The Mole: For the rebels.
- Moral Myopia: Has the biggest audacity to call out EZ for being in bed with the DEA when he himself is with the rebels.
- Pretty Boy
- Rank Up: After the exposal of Riz's tunnel, he was promoted to El Secretario by Bishop.
- Thicker Than Water: After months of barely talking to EZ due to Potter's deal, the reason they reconnect is the chance to find and get revenge over Marisol's death.
- The Un-Favourite: Accuses Felipe of always putting EZ before him.
Obipso "Bishop" Losa
Portrayed By: Michael Irby
- The Leader: Runs the Santo Padre Charter with much loyalty from his men.
- The Mentor: To EZ in Season Two.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: While he would punch EZ for speaking when he's not allowed to and berates him for being impulsive (even though he's actually proud of him), he also became EZ's sponsor instead of Angel and counsels him to make amends to Angel if he's to get an unanimous vote for his full patch.
- Revenge Before Reason: He was torn at first about having to make a decision between retaliate or not against the Vatos Malditos. After some council from Alvarez and some pressure from the other two kings, he eventually chooses to retaliate covertly.
- You Are in Command Now: Subverted. When Alvarez left the Mayans, he split his power between the charters of Santo Padre, Stockton and Yuma, making Bishop one of the "Three Kings". However Alvarez states that he is head of the table between the three.
Johnny "Coco" Cruz
Portrayed By: Richard Cabral
- Big, Screwed-Up Family: His mother's a foul-mouthed prostitute, he has two children whose lives he isn’t a part of due to his fear of messing that up and his underage sister actually his daughter is getting into pornography.
- Eye Scream: He loses 60% of his eyesight after the Vatos Malditos' attack at the Indian Hotel.
- Friendly Sniper: Was a sniper in the military, and is very personable to his fellow Mayans MC members.
- Hidden Depths: Despite being a ranking member of a biker gang he's shown to have a paternal side whenever the gang is dealing with kids.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He uncharacteristically lashed out at Chucky for being in his way when denied his revenge against the Vatos Malditos. He apologizes later.
Che "Taza" Romero
Portrayed By: Raoul Max Trujillo
- Best Served Cold: He has waited many years to get revenge on the Vatos Malditos for murdering his lover.
- Cunning Linguist: He can speak English, Spanish and indigenous languages.
- Dark and Troubled Past: He patched the Vatos Malditos in the past, but was forced to leave them and flee to the US after Palo took over as the VM president.
- Face–Heel Turn: Downplayed. He did kill Riz, but not because he changed his alliance to another club, but to make the retaliation against the Vatos Malditos possible, and presumably because an undisclosed personal reason that involves Palo and the VM.
- Gayngster: He is revealed to be gay but very few people know about it because he has been chaste since the love of his life was murdered many years ago.
- The Lost Lenore: He never got over his lover being murdered many years ago and has not been involved romantically with anyone since then.
- The Lancer: He's Bishop’s second in command.
Michael "Riz" Ariza
Portrayed By: Antonio Jaramillo
- Butt-Monkey: He gets a lot of punishment, even before being shot by the Vatos Malditos and his subsequent death at the hands of Taza.
- Character Death: Taza smothers him to death in the hospital.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Lampshaded by Taza and Bishop.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: A variant. He was around for almost two seasons, but his lack of characterization aside from his tunnel to make some side money made him basically a generic Mayan member, not so different from Quinn and West from the Sons of Anarchy.
Neron ”Creeper” Vargas
Portrayed By: Joseph Raymond Lucero
- Being Evil Sucks: Joseph Raymond Lucero stated on his Instagram account a few times how his role helped him to put his past as a criminal behind him.
- Heritage Disconnect: He's a Latino that doesn't speak Spanish. It bites him in the ass when he's left injured in Mexico alone with an doctor who can only speak Spanish.
Hank “Tranq” Loza
Portrayed By: Frankie Loyal
- The Big Guy:The equivalent of the Sergeant-At-Arms of the Santo Padre charter also the largest member.
- Mundane Utility: He fires a gun to end an organized fight between Angel and Riz.
- Weapon Specialization: Carries a whip on one of the handlebars of his motorcycle. He uses it effectively in a moving altercation with some other bikers.
Gilberto “Gilly” Lopez
Portrayed By: Vincent Rocco Vargas
- Boisterous Bruiser: He's a capable mixed martial artist and one of the more jovial members of the Santo Padre charter.
- The Mole: He was working with Angel, Coco and EZ when Los Olvidados were fighting the Galindo Cartel.
Galindo Cartel
Miguel Galindo
Portrayed By: Danny Pino
- Affectionate Nickname: Is called “Mikey” by his childhood friend and head of security Nestor.
- Beard of Evil: He has a well-groomed beard to complete his evil ensemble.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Miguel loves his family deeply, he loves his wife deeply, still cares for and adores his mother, dotes on his young son. He also holds his deceased father in high regard.
- Family Man: Despite being a brutal cartel leader and definitely very coldly brutal, his redeemable qualities are lain with his love for his family.
- Faux Affably Evil: He makes a show of being polite and soft-spoken, but still slips in a nasty joke as he coldly has an enemy dismembered.
- Hated by All: Miguel doesn't have much in the way of friends in Season One. Marcus Alvarez, who he considers a friend, has little respect for him. The rest of the Mayans thoroughly despise him because they feel disrespected, and an entire criminal organization has been built for the sole purpose of destroying his cartel...and several of the Mayans he uses as muscle are in on it.
- Love Is a Weakness: Is encouraged to think this way by his own mother, who tells him the horrifying story that his infant brother was kidnapped by a rival cartel and his father chose to let the child die rather than give in. A few months later, they were pregnant with Miguel. She tells him this to persuade him not to save his own son who's been kidnapped by rebels.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Refers to the Mexicans suffering under the cartel's thumb as "greasy fucking peasants". In Season Two after developing a partnership with Los Olvidados he begins to change this.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: His immaculate dress sense makes him stand out as a man of power among the Mayans.
- Took a Level in Badass: After striking a deal with Adelita in order to gain an alliance between the Galindo Cartel and Los Olvidados.
- Torture Always Works: Seems to believe this even when the subject is an unfortunate street vendor who knows nothing.
Emily Thomas
Portrayed By: Sarah Bolger
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her two love interests are troubled criminal biker EZ Reyes and psychotic cartel kingpin Miguel Galindo. She certainly knows how to pick 'em.
- Good Girls Avoid Abortion: She believes Cristobal's kidnapping is her punishment for having an abortion to spite EZ.
- Good Is Not Dumb: She's the first to understand the rebels' tactics and present a way to dismantle their favorable public image. Unfortunately, she underestimates the ruthlessness of the cartel's own methods.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Regarding cartel business. She was perfectly fine with this until her son was kidnapped.
- Mama Bear: She reams out Miguel when their son is kidnapped by rebels and goes to EZ for information when her husband won't tell her anything.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When she sees the murdered nun.
Dita Galindo
Portrayed By: Ada Maris
Jose Galindo's widow and Miguel's mother.
- Character Death: She allows EZ to take his revenge on her, and has her body burnt in the middle of the desert.
- Death Seeker: She's full of regret over ordering the hit on Felipe and Marisol and wants to die for it. She gets her wish in “Hunahpu”.
- Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: She confirms to Felipe that he's Miguel's father.
- Old Flame: To Felipe. He's NOT happy about it.
Nestor
Portrayed By: Gino Vento
Childhood friend of Miguel's, and his Head of Security
- Childhood Friend: It's implied that he and Miguel go back to their childhoods.
- Undying Loyalty: He repeatedly states that he's always with Miguel, and Alvarez commends him for his loyalty when he's captured and tortured.
Devante Cano
Portrayed By: Tony Plana
A high-ranking member of the Galindo Cartel and Miguel’s advisor
- Character Death: Miguel lets Adelita murder him as revenge for lying about Miguel’s brother’s death.
- Evil Mentor: To Miguel.
- Karmic Death: Murdered by the child of one of his many victims.
- Off with His Head!: Adelita decapitates him with a machete.
Los Olvidados
Adelita
Portrayed By: Carla Baratta
- Child Soldier: Raises several and is implied to have been one herself.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Her expression just screams this when she sees the innocent street vendor and his young son's horrifically burned corpses.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Her methods involve raising Child Soldiers and kidnapping babies.
Reyes Family
Felipe Reyes
Portrayed By: Edward James Olmos
The once strong Mexican patriarch of the Reyes family as well as Angel and EZ's father.
- Badass Decay: In-Universe. Dita points out that, while Ignacio Cortina could kill her, Felipe Reyes couldn't.
- Cool Old Guy: Largely due to being played by Edward James Olmos.
- Dirty Cop: Subverted. He wasn't dirty for personal gain, but it was safer to be in Jose Galindo's payroll.
- Papa Wolf: Subtly threatens Jimenez by mentioning the rips he spines out of cows.
- Retired Badass/Retired Monster: Was once a Mexican Federale and describes compares his past self to an animal..
- That Man Is Dead: He does his best to let go of his past as Ignacio Cortina, to no avail.
- The Patriarch: Of the Reyes family.
Kevin Jimenez
Portrayed By: Maurice Compte
EZ's DEA handler and second cousin.
- Boom, Headshot!: Courtesy of Angel.
- Character Death: Angel shoots him dead in the first season finale.
- For Your Own Good: Genuinely wants EZ to have a better life and justifies the danger he pushes him into by reminding him of this.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He's disturbed and distraught by the lengths he's forced to go to in order to coerce Felipe and EZ into obeying orders.
