Maria Alvarez (Notorious)

Maria Alvarez (Krizia Bajos) is the minor villainess of "Taken", episode 1.10 and the series finale of Notorious (airdate December 8, 2016). She was the lover of drug kingpin Carlos "El Toro" Mora and was described as being intensely loyal to him--even to the point of aiding him in his criminal ways.
During the episode, Carlos arranged for his associates to kidnap newswoman Louise Herrick (who he was a fan of) for the purposes of forcing her to do an interview with him to make him appear heroic to the United States, doing so after luring her to Mexico with the promise of a story. But instead, her producer Julia George was abducted when the women switched hotel rooms.
When lawyer Jake Gregorian traveled to Mexico to save Julia, he arranged to meet with Maria to find out where Carlos might be holding her--in exchange for a ransom. But as later revealed by Carlos' nephew, Emilio, the evil Maria was actually planning to take the money before luring Jake to an isolated location to be killed by Carlos' men. After being told this by his brother Bradley, Jake allowed Maria to believe he trusted her before exposing her deception--she claimed that Carlos was staying at a farm outside of Galeana when the coordinates Jake had been sent were for a different location. Jake had Graham Barrett, a former client of his who was assisting him, hold Maria at gunpoint while he went to save Julia, ordering him to make sure she didn't get the chance to warn Carlos. Maria was presumably arrested offscreen.
== Trivia ==
* With Notorious ending after one season, Maria Alvarez serves as the series' final villainess.
Category:2010s
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Brunette
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Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Henchwoman
Category:Live Action Villainess
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Category:Fate: Arrested