Rico Santos

Rico Santos is a street racer from the Dominican Republic and the friend of Tego Leo. A supporting character in The Fast and the Furious franchise, Rico aligned himself with the likes of Dominic Toretto and Letty Ortiz in a Robin Hood-esque crew to steal oil from rich corporations in order to turn a profit. When Dominic is framed by Hernan Reyes for the death of four DEA agents, Rico aids the crew in the effort to steal $100 million to start new lives. Rico later helped in the rescue of Brian Marcos, the son of Elena Neves and Dominic, when he was kidnapped by cyberterrorist, Cipher.
He is portrayed by Don Omar and his younger self is portrayed by Ozuna.
== Biography ==
Rico Santos was a member of Toretto's crew in the beginning of the film and then in the end when they are busting Dominic out of the prison bus. He is in Dominic's crew assisting with the heist in Rio de Janeiro. Rico does not join Dom and his crew in capturing Owen Shaw in Fast & Furious 6 and stopping Mose Jakande in Furious 7, his absence explained as him having been last seen at a casino with Tego in Monte Carlo. In The Fate of the Furious, he is seen with Tego on the ambulance taking Deckard Shaw to the hospital. In F9, Rico is seen attending Toretto's crew's barbecue celebratory meal and tells Mia that Leo has opened up a restaurant in New York, and jokes that the food is bad. In Fast X, Rico is revealed to be one of Dante Reyes' targets from his vision board. 
== Trivia ==
* Rico is portrayed by Don Omar, who sings the Fast Five end song Danza Kuduro.
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