El Chicano

Diego Hernandez also known as El Chicano is a police officer turned vigilante who operates in Los Angles.
He is portrayed by Raul Castillo.
== Biography ==
Growing up in East Los Angeles, California twin brothers Diego and Pedro, along with their friend José, hear stories of a legend called El Chicano, a vigilante who defends the streets of LA by eliminating gangsters and other criminals. After dropping off José at his house he receives a beating from his mother. El Chicano shows up later and kills José’s father called "Shadow", a wheelchair-bound shot caller for his gang, afterward, he sees Diego and Pedro then rides off in the night. 
Years later Diego is now an LAPD officer, Pedro is dead, and José is now a gang leader who goes by his street name Shotgun. Diego alongside his partner David investigates a crime scene where Shotgun’s gang has been murdered except for one member, Silent. Diego and David pick him up for questioning but he is executed during the drive. Diego goes to Shotgun for answers but he evades the questions and taunts Diego uses by bringing up the abuse from his mother. Diego looks for answers from his brother's old belongings and realizes Pedro was changing wanting revolution and justice for Los Angeles.
Diego goes to his only trusted confidant, Father Jesus, who mentions Pedro changed after being released from prison and how he got involved with Shotgun and another member Diego has yet to identify. Diego is further surprised when he finds a hidden storage unit Pedro rented and that he had begun to resurrect the mantle of El Chicano before his death. Diego and his partner later stake out a party held by Shotgun but are ambushed, resulting in Deigo being injured and his partner dying. Ordered to recover by Captain Gomez, Diego has his mom and girlfriend leave for a while till everything is settled. 
Frustrated and angry about the death of his partner and Shotgun’s involvement he visits Father Jesus’ church once again where he takes Jesus’ prized Tecpatl Knife and finishes the El Chicano costume, ready to take revenge.
Diego tracks down Shotgun at a club and fights his bodyguards. Shotgun escapes along with Jaws, the other gang member who knew Pedro, is also the son of an infamous cartel leader who is interested in taking over LA. Shotgun kills Jaws during the escape and pins the blame on El Chicano for his plans to move forward. El Gallo, Jaws’ father, hears the news and swears vengeance on both El Chicano and the Police. 
A still injured Diego retreats home to tend to his wounds but is suspected of involvement by Captain Gomez when Diego’s wound on his leg begins to bleed. Diego learns later that Gomez and his officers have been kidnapped by El Gallo who broadcasts his plans of execution on the internet unless El Chicano comes to him. Diego goes after the missing cops, kills the Cartel members alongside the Police, and El Gallo as well. Finally having no more distractions he now has the chance to go after Shotgun.
Diego chases him to a cemetery where the two fight, Shotgun wanting revenge for what happened to his father and Diego punishing Shotgun for everything he did to Diego's family. After a brutal fight, Diego lands the killing blow to Shotgun, he then removes his mask in front of Shotgun reciting the words Pedro left behind, ‘Know Thy Enemy’. 
Diego having sustained multiple injures and Blood loss passes out, he awakes later recovering from his injures having learned Gomez found him first before the Police arrived at the scene and saved him from being arrested, wanting to keep his best cop from being identified as the vigilante. Back in Mexico, El Gallo’s wife La Hembra has now become the new leader of his crew and swears revenge on El Chicano, back in LA Diego now has accepted the El Chicano mantle and made peace with his brother, seeing his spirit before, wanting to do him and his home proud by keeping it safe from the Cartel invaders and all who come.
== Abilities ==
* Police Training: Diego has received standard training from his time in the LAPD.
* Expert Combatant/Martial Artist: Diego is a highly skilled hand to hand fighter. He has trained in Boxing from a young age. Though his style seem to also be comprised of Krav Maga, Aikido, Jujitsu, Judo, Muay Thai, Karate, and Kali. He has taken on multiple gangsters in a fight at once, even when injured.
** Knife Mastery: Diego is skilled at using a knife combat, using it to take out multiple thugs in close quarters.. He is also skilled at knife throwing, able to hit a gangster from a couple of feet away.
** Master Marksman: Diego is trained with firearms such as handguns and submachine guns. He is able to shoot at other gangsters while back up his car. he is capable of dual wielding sub-machine guns with great accuracy.
* High Pain Tolerance: Diego can endure great pain and still keep fighting on even when heavily injured.
* Stealth: Diego is able to sneak into criminal hideouts and only gets discover when he starts his ambush.
* Motorcycling skills: Diego is able to ride around on his motorcycle as El Chicano.
== Equipment ==
* Tecpatl Knife: Diego uses this double edged Aztec Knife as his signature weapon.
* Handgun: Diego uses a handgun both as a police officer and as El Chicano.
* Submachine guns: Diego wields two submachine guns during a shoot-out.
* Hand grenade: Diego uses a hand grenade during a shoot out.
* Protective suit: Diego wears a costume with bullet proof padding underneath when operating as El Chicano.
== Trivia ==
* This is Raul Castillo's second role involving superheroes, as he protrayed Eduardo Flamingo in the DC Comics television show, Gotham.
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Male
Category:Vengeful
Category:Vigilantes
Category:Legacy
Category:Anti-Heroes
Category:Fighters
Category:Mature
Category:Martial Artists