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Fernando Del Valle

*Not to be confused with Blackie.*
**Fernando Del Valle**, also known as **Blackbeard** was Pablo Escobar's main accountant till his arrest in 1984.

Aside from laundering money for the cartel, Del Valle was tasked with maintaining a map of all the locations where Escobar buried his cash, giving him his nickname 'Blackbeard'. After Escobar hastily vacated the Hacienda Napoles in 1984, Steve Murphy salvaged partially-burnt documents from the estate and located Blackbeard's hideout. After Colonel Horacio Carrillo arrest him, Blackbeard detailed Pablo's empire which brought in $60 million a day, and revealed several locations where Escobar buried his drug money. By 1992, Jose Rojas had taken over as Pablo's main accountant.
Ernesto Samper

**Ernesto Samper Pizano** was a Colombian politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1994 till 1998.

He had an unsuccessful run for the presidency in 1990, in which he survived an assassination attempt by the Medellín cartel. His second presidential campaign in 1994 faced a severe cash shortage, which led his campaign manager and later the defense minister Fernando Botero Zea to accept nearly $6 million from art collector Santiago Medina. Medina provided the funds from bank accounts linked to Cali cartel money launderer Franklin Jurado, in exchange for him negotiating a surrender deal for the four leaders of the cartel with Attorney-General Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento.

Before Valdivieso could complete the negotiations, Colonel Hugo Martinez of the Search Bloc arrested Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, the kingpin of the cartel. While several high ranking members of Samper's office recommended his release, Samper ordered Gilberto to remain behind bars. DEA agent Javier Peña uncovered the links between high ranking members of Samper's presidency and the Cali cartel, and leaked the information to the Colombian press, resulting in the *Proceso 8000* political scandal. In order to safe face from the scandal after Botero fled the country, Samper had cartel leaders Gilberto and his brother Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela extradited to the United States.
Gustavo Pardo Ariza

**Gustavo Pardo Ariza** was a Colombian Army Brigadier General who led the army's 4th Brigade located in Medellín. His second-in-command was Lieutenant Dominguez.

Despite President César Gaviria having reservations due to Ariza's Medellín origin, Defense Minister Zaragoza convinced the President to send Ariza to attack the La Catedral private prison housing Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar. However Ariza only received the order to surround the prison and not to arrest Escobar. This prompted Vice Minister of Justice Eduardo Sandoval to personally enter the prison and arrest Escobar. However, Escobar held Sandoval hostage. Gaviria later had Ariza relieved of command, and ordered the Colombian Army Special Forces to arrest Escobar as well as, rescue Sandoval.
Eduardo Sandoval

**Eduardo Sandoval** was a Colombian politician who was the head-of-security for César Gaviria's presidential campaign, and later the Vice Minister of Justice.

He cooperated with the DEA to ensure the safety of his friend Gaviria, and due to his desires of putting an end to Pablo Escobar's atrocities.

He offered to resign, taking blame for the failed raid which resulted in the death of Colonel Horacio Carrillo.
Mariela Rodríguez

**Mariela Rodríguez** was the wife of Colombian drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela.

In 1993, the wedding of her daughter Marta was bombed by her husband's rival Pablo Escobar. A year later she, along with her husband's two other wives were present at the safehouse which was raided by the Search Bloc and led to Gilberto's arrest.
Christina Jurado

**Christina Jurado** was the wife of Cali cartel money launderer Franklin Jurado.

She met her husband while studying at Harvard University, and they both married. Her US passport proved immensely beneficial for her husband as he traveled around tax havens in Europe and South America, managing the money laundering operations for the Cali cartel.

In 1994, DEA agent Javier Peña unsuccessfully tried to get her to betray the location of her husband. Peña had her telephone wiretapped, and arrested Franklin after tracking his location. Cartel lawyer Alan Starkman told Franklin not to collaborate with the Americans till his wife is safely moved back to the United States. This was a diversion tactic by the cartel, as cartel *sicario* Navegante kidnapped Christina and handed her over to the FARC for safe-keeping. Despite Peña rescuing Christina with help from the ACCU, the cartel succeeded in having Franklin killed while in American custody.
Jaime Mendoza

**Jaime Mendoza** (died 1992) was a Colombian drug trafficker.

After Pablo Escobar had Gerardo Moncada killed, Mendoza, along with his sister Judy Moncada and Escobar's head-of-security Don Berna rebelled and splintered from the Medellín cartel and formed their own cartel. Despite Berna wanting to lie low and only start cocaine production once Escobar is killed, Mendoza rushed, believing that Escobar is too weak to strike back. Mendoza phoned Ricardo Prisco, the leader of the Los Priscos gang and requested him to join their new organization, and gave them the location of his laboratory.

However, Ricardo remained loyal to Escobar. The Priscos raided the lab, and killed all of Mendoza's bodyguards. Escobar arrived at the scene, and killed Mendoza while he was on the phone with Berna. Mendoza's death made Berna and Judy seek powerful alliances to bring down Escobar.
Enedina Arellano Félix

* Narcos
* Real life

**Enedina Arellano Félix** was a Mexican accountant and narcotrafficker of the Tijuana cartel, and is often said to be the brains behind her brothers' organization.

Enedina wanted her brother Benjamín Arellano Félix to take their organization out of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo's shadow by securing their own supply of cocaine in order to sell it in the form of crack. However, all her ideas were turned down by Benjamín who didn't want to get on the wrong side of Félix Gallardo.

Enedina insisted her brother to talk to Félix Gallardo about Héctor Palma Salazar moving 30% of his cocaine using the infrastructure constructed by the Arellano Félix family. Félix imposed a tax on Sinaloan shipments through, forcing Palma to withdraw his cocaine from Tijuana. Palma covertly began moving cocaine into San Diego through a tunnel constructed by Chapo Guzmán. The DEA leaked evidence of the tunnel to the Arellano Félix family, and her brother Ramón destroyed the tunnel, nearly killing Chapo. This led to a bitter war between the Sinaloa and the Tijuana plazas. The conflict was brought to an end after Benjamín, under Enedina's advice, had veteran Sinaloan smuggler Cochiloco killed when the latter arrived in Tijuana to make amends with the brothers.

Meanwhile, Enedina and socialite Isabella Bautista started their own drug smuggling operation using female Mexican workers in the United States as drug mules. Bautista introduced her to cocaine source: Orlando Henao Montoya, the leader of the Norte del Valle cartel in Colombia. Despite their partnership being a major success, Enedina terminated the alliance saying that her loyalty would always be with her family.

After the Sylmar warehouse bust, Enedina convinced her brothers to undercut Félix Gallardo and the Guadalajara cartel by directly sourcing their cocaine from the Cali cartel. Soon, Benjamín informed that he would be leaving the Guadalajara cartel.

TIJUANA CARTEL

When the war between Tijuana Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel is starting, she had a contribution ordered the assassination of Juan Jose Esperragoza Moreno, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel

 "**El Dedazo**"**Appears**
Andrés Restrepo

*Not to be confused with Andrés*.

**Andrés Restrepo** was a Colombian who worked as a spy for the DEA.

His brother Lucho worked as a drug trafficker for the Cali cartel Miami, and was arrested in 1994 during Operation Cornerstone. Back in Colombia, Andrés was contacted by DEA Agents Duffy and Lopez who warned him that if he failed to spy for them, they would have his brother killed. Andrés reluctantly agreed, and was tasked by the DEA to take photos of the guests at a grand party organized by Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela.

Disguised as a waiter, Andrés managed to photograph few of the guests before he was caught by Jorge Salcedo. Salcedo warned him to leave Cali without saying farewell to his mother or girlfried, or risk being killed by Navegante. Frightened, Andrés decided to flee.
Leopoldo Sánchez Celis

## Leopoldo Sánchez Celis el culero

* Narcos
* Real life

**Leopoldo Sánchez Celis** was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Sinaloa.

Sánchez Celis employed state trooper Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo as his personal bodyguard, and him his protégé, and later the godfather of his son Rodolfo. Using connections he found while working with the governor, Felix Gallardo creates a drug cartel in Guadalajara.

After Félix grew rich with his drug empire, he offered to host Rodolfo's wedding. Days before the wedding, Félix asked his mentor how to deal with the DFS director Salvador Osuna Nava's increased bribe demands. The governor suggested him that Osuna Nava had to take orders from above, and advised Félix to consider working directly with Osuna's superiors. After learning about the sc
Díaz

**Díaz** (died 1994) was a Colombian drug trafficker allied to the Cali cartel.

In 1994, Díaz attended Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela's party where the latter expressed his plan to surrender to the Colombian government along with associates. Díaz was opposed to the surrender plan as he was not as wealthy as the Cali cartel leaders, and expressed his frustration to his other partners. The conversation was recorded by the telephone company, and was played to the Cali cartel leaders. Upon hearing the tapes, Miguel put Navegante to kill Diaz. He was wrapped in gauze and thrown in the Cauca river.

In real life, he joined North Valley Cartel. He is based on Victor Patino Fomeque.
Jaime Carrera

**Jaime Carrera** was a Colombian who worked as a courier for the Medellín cartel.

## Appearances

### Season count

1

In November 1989, he was courted by cartel leader Pablo Escobar to record a conversation between two politicians inside a commercial airliner. However, this was a ruse, and it led to Carrera inadvertently detonating an explosive inside Avianca Flight 203. Escobar wanted to bomb the plane, hoping to kill presidential candidate César Gaviria. However, the DEA forced Gaviria to not board the plane at the last minute.

Carrera's family was traumatized by his death. In order to clear all loose ends, Escobar sent Poison and Lizard to eliminate them. However, the DEA arrive at the scene before they could kill Carrera's newborn baby. The baby is eventually adopted by DEA Agent Steve Murphy and his wife Connie.
Fernando Duque

**Fernando Duque** was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served in the Chamber of Representatives from 1986 to 1990. Duque was known for his partnership with the drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, representing him as his connection in politics and his lawyer. He was murdered by along with his son by Los Pepes in early 1993, and his ex-wife Juliana and his mother were killed soon after his death.

He was a member of the Colombian Liberal Party since his youth, and he became a member of the Departmental Assembly of Antioquia in 1982 after being a successful lawyer. It was in the early 1980s that Duque was able to meet Pablo Escobar, who was introduced to him by the news anchor Valeria Velez. Escobar paid Duque $300,000 to get him a position in the Chamber of Representatives, and the two of them agreed to a political partnership. From 1986 to 1990, he served as a representative in the Chamber of Representatives, and he agreed to become Escobar's lawyer. Duque was used as an intermediary between President Cesar Gaviria and Escobar, and he convinced Attorney-General Gustavo de Greiff to help Escobar due to their common hatred of American influence in Colombia.

Duque became a target for the enemies of Escobar because of his status as the only man connecting Escobar to politics, and Los Pepes sought to assassinate him. In early 1993, Duque narrowly escaped a drive-by assassination attempt when gunmen in a neighboring car fired Uzis at his car, killing a bystander. Duque decided to take his son from school without his ex-wife's consent and stole her car, and they checked into a hotel as Duque planned to flee the country. One day, DEA agent Javier Peña decided to help Duque in fleeing to the United States in exchange for his help in taking down Escobar, betraying his former allies in Los Pepes. Los Pepes tracked Duque and his son down and killed the both of them, shoving their bodies into his ex-wife's car in front of the hotel. Not long after his death, his wife was shot in the head, and his innocent mother was stabbed to death.
Francis Mullen

**Francis 'Bud' Mullen** was the Administrator of the DEA from 1982 till 1985. He is succeeded by John Lawn.

DEA's Guadalajara bureau chief James Kuykendall sends Mullen the findings of Operation Padrino in order to secure funding and help to bring down Mexican drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. However Mullen denies to help, stating that he's unable to convince the US State Department, as they are more concerned about collecting debt from Mexico's PEMEX following the plunge of oil prices in the late 1970s.
Gustavo Gaviria

* Narcos
* Real life

**Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero** (died June 15 1991) was a Colombian drug trafficker, and a member of the Medellín cartel led by his cousin Pablo Escobar.

He began his criminal career by smuggling cigarettes and consumer electronics along with his cousin. Mateo Moreno introduced the cousins to cocaine, and they began trafficking cocaine into the United States. Initially, Gaviria handled money laundering and shipping and came up with the idea of hiding cocaine into every legitimate Colombian export. However, he left the logistics operations in the early 1980s and solely focused on money laundering, and later served as Escobar's right hand man.

He began an extramarital affair with Marina Ochoa, one of the sisters of the Ochoa brothers. The brothers came to know about the affair through Cali cartel leader Hélmer Herrera. They decided to give away Gustavo's location to the Search Bloc in exchange for not being extradited to the United States. Search Bloc commander Horacio Carrillo executed Gaviria after he refused to snitch on his cousin.
Maria Escobar

## Tata Escobar

* Narcos
* Real life

**Maria Henao de Escobar**, also known as **Tata** *(played by Paulina Gaitán)* was the wife of Pablo Escobar. Tata is quiet, loyal and obedient. She doesn’t protest at being sent home by Escobar’s mistress, and while she’s upset that he’s cheating on her, she knows that it’s needed in order to get ahead in life. After a close attack on their home, due to Pablo's mother wanting to go to church, Pablo decided it was best if his family moved out of my country, sending them all to Germany.
Claudio Vasquez

**Claudio Vasquez** was Enedina's husband. He was an attorney from the city Tijuana oldest firm. It is unknown how he and Enedina met prior to the marriage.

He died of a gunshot wound fired by Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman during the assassination attempt by the Sinaloa Cartel that took place at Christine's (Season 3 Episode 3).
Connie Murphy

**Connie Murphy** is the wife of Steve Murphy.

## Biography

Connie is a nurse who was working in Miami when she first met Steve. She gave him a number which he assumed was fake, but was actually her real number. The two would later marry. Following the death of a pregnant girl due to a cocaine overdose (resulting from ingesting bags of cocaine to smuggle into the U.S.), Connie's hatred for the drug cartels rose, which led her to move to Bogota with her husband (Descenso).

Connie would find work as a nurse in a local clinic, where she meets Elisa Alvarez, an M-19 member. Eventually, Elisa comes to her for help, who becomes a target to Pablo since she can connect Pablo to the Palace of Justice siege. Connie quickly agrees to help her and brings her to Javier Peña. Later, she drives Elisa out of Bogota.

At some point, Steve brings home an orphaned baby, whose father was killed in a plane bombing, and whose mother and grandmother were murdered by Pablo's sicarios, and the couple decide to adopt her.

As time goes by, Connie begins fearing for Steve's life, who, at one point, was kidnapped by the Cali cartel. She pleads with him to return with her to USA, but he refuses. Having had enough, she takes the baby and flies back home to her sister, against Steve's wishes, which causes him to get drunk and beat up a man who snorted cocaine in the airport bathroom.

Eventually, Connie returns to see Steve in Colombia, Steve, having not seen her after so long, breaks down in her embrace.

The couple reconcile before Connie returns back home again to take care of the baby.
Duvan Salazar

**Duvan Salazar** (died 1995) was a high ranking Norte del Valle cartel member, and part of the Salazar family.

His family members are: Claudio Salazar, Raul Salazar, Julio Salazar, Emilio Salazar, and his mother, Gerda Salazar.

In 1995, a Norte del Valle hit squad with Duvan in it infiltrated the Libre Club in Carrera Ocho, Cali, Colombia, in an attempt to assassinate Cali cartel leader Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela. The hit squad failed to suceed in doing so, resulting in every member of the hit squad killed.

During the assault, Duvan and another hit squad member was taking cover in a room, shooting at Hélmer Herrera and Álvaro Herrera, hitting Alvaro. His life came to an end when Pacho counters the gunfire and fires at Duvan and the other hit squad member is instantly killed.
Carlos Castaño Gil

* Narcos
* Real life

**Carlos Castaño Gil** was a Colombian paramilitary leader and drug trafficker, who led the ACCU against the FARC guerrillas, and later the Los Pepes against the Medellín cartel.

In the late 1970s, his wealthy father was kidnapped and murdered by the left-wing guerrilla movement FARC after Carlos and his brother Fidel failed to pay the ransom. Enraged by their father's death, the brothers formed the Autodefensas, a right-wing paramilitary to extract revenge. With CIA funding and training, the autodefensas became a feared paramilitary group in the Colombian jungles, infamous for their war crimes; including killing villagers living in areas with FARC presence.

In 1992, their CIA associate Bill Stechner convinced them to enter an alliance of drug traffickers against Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar. The brothers, detesting Escobar for his collaboration with leftist guerrilla M-19 years ago agreed, and convinced Escobar's rivals Judy Moncada and the Cali cartel to fund Los Pepes, a paramilitary group of Escobar's rivals. With the Cali cartel's finances and indirect help from DEA agent Javier Peña, the Los Pepes succeeded in killing several of Escobar's associates, including Escobar's brother-in-law Carlos Henao. After Escobar's death at the hands of the Search Bloc in December 1993, the Los Pepes laid down their weapons. Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, the leader of the Cali cartel, thanked the brothers for their help by giving them the location of Judy Moncada's laboratories, inviting them to the cocaine business. The brothers accepted the invitation, and entrusted the help of Escobar's former head-of-security Diego Murillo Bejarano for their cocaine trafficking enterprise.

In 1995, he helped Javier Peña conduct a hostage rescue operation against the FARC guerrillas. A year later, he welcomed former Cali cartel leader José Santacruz Londoño into their organization, but later tortured and killed him after he did not contribute enough to his anti-communist cause.

Later, he was one of the North Valley Cartel supliers.

He was killed by his organization by accusing him being a DEA informer in 2004.
Gerda Salazar

**Gerda Salazar** (died 1995) was one of the leaders of the Norte del Valle cartel and the matriarch of the Salazar family.

Her children Claudio, Duvan and Raul were high ranking members of the Norte del Valle cartel. After Claudio was killed by Cali cartel leader Pacho Herrera in 1994, his wife Maria became Cali cartel leader Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela's mistress. Maria had Jorge Salcedo and Navegante forcefully kidnap her son Pedro from Gerda and take him back to Cali.

Seeking revenge for the murder of Claudio, Gerda convinced Orlando Henao Montoya to form an alliance with Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the leader of the Juárez cartel of Mexico. As part of the deal, Amado gave away the location of Pacho's hiding place in Mexico, and Gerda sent an armed convoy of *sicarios* to kill Pacho. Pacho survived the assault, but his brother Alvaro was severely wounded and suffered a complete lower body paralysis.

Enraged, Pacho had the Cali cartel assault Salazar's compound, and had Gerda's remaining sons killed. When he confronted Gerda, she called his brother a half-man, prompting Pacho to shoot her in the head.
Bravo raid

During the search for Enrique Camarena Salazar, the MFJP and the DEA raided a ranch owned by the Bravo family located in Vista Hermosa in Michoacan State, based on an anonymous tip-off which stated that the family were heavily armed drug traffickers working for the Guadalajara cartel.

The Mexican federal police brought in a large force enough to take on the army, and surrounded the ranch. They told James Kuykendall that Camarena was held in the attic and were planning to rush into the location. However, once they were inside the premises, the Mexican policemen began killing the inhabitants of the ranch. Kuykendall and Guillermo Calderoni searched the attic, but Camarena was nowhere to be found.

Five members of the Bravo family were killed during the raid, and including the father who was a Mexican State congressman who fought against the PRI ruling party. Mexican officials reported that the family members were affiliated to Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, and possessed assault rifles and grenades, despite there being no evidence. The neighbours termed the raid as a massacre, while the DEA found it to be a cover-up performed by the PRI to eliminate its rivals.

After the raid, police officials locate the bodies of Camarena and his pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar on the side of a well-traveled road near the ranch. Soil sample analysis by the Americans revealed that Camarena was definitely not murdered in the Bravo property. It was also revealed that the Mexican police officers destroyed Camarena and Zavala's clothing, and tampered with the evidence.

## Historical Inaccuracy

In real-life, the ranch was raided by the Mexican Federal police on March 3, 1985. One policeofficer and 5 members of the family were killed: Manuel Bravo Cervantes a former local legislator, and his wife and three sons.

The bodies were only found on the side of a road near the ranch on March 7, 1985, and not on the same day as depicted in the show.
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez

## Jorge Luis Ochoa

* Narcos
* Real life

**Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez** was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín cartel.

Jorge was born into a drug-smuggling family headed by his father, Fabio Ochoa Restrepo. As such, he and his brother Fabio managed to get an early start in the drug trade. He, along with his brother Fabio were the richest smugglers in Medellín till the rise of cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar. Inspired by his success, the brothers and emerald smuggler José Rodríguez Gacha form a partnership with Escobar in which they would use Escobar's routes to smuggle cocaine in exchange for 30% of the profits, forming the Medellín cartel.

In 1981, the brothers formed the Muerte a Secuestradores with Escobar paramilitary group after their sister Marta Ochoa was kidnapped by M-19 guerrillas. Escobar began attacking the left-wing revolutionaries in the jungle, forcing M-19 to release Marta unharmed. In 1980, Jorge Luis was arrested in Spain along with Gilberto Rodriguez and he was extradited to Colombia to be free again with his brother s help. In the mid 1980s, the cartel founded the Los Extraditables organization which aimed to force the Colombian government to repeal an extradition treaty signed with the United States.

When it was apparent that Escobar couldn't convince the government to repeal extradition by bribery and assassinations alone, he resorts to terrorism, and bombed a civilian airliner, resulting in 107 fatalities. He also assassinated Luis Carlos Galán, one of the most popular candidates in the upcoming elections. The violence forced the brothers to distance themselves from Escobar. While hiding from the authorities in Colombia, the other sister Marina Ochoa began having an intimate relationship with Escobar's right-hand man and cousin Gustavo Gaviria. Escobar at that point began neglecting the brothers, and only spoke to them a few times in a year.

In 1990, Hélmer Herrera of the rival Cali cartel informed the brothers about Marina's affair with Gustavo. He also tells them that Escobar is very close into signing an agreement with the government, hinting that the brothers would be left out. The brothers decide to voluntarily surrender to the police with help of the Cali cartel. In order to facilitate a meeting with General Augusto Jaramillo, the brothers decide to give away the location of Gaviria. Gaviria is arrested by the CNP, and was executed after he refused to snitch on his cousin. The brothers were given lenient sentences on the counts of illegal importation of animals.

## Personality

Like his brother, Jorge was considered by some, including Cockroach, to being too "soft." This could be attributed to the fact that they had lived in a wealthy lifestyle for their entire lives.
Javier Contreras

**Javier Contreras** was one of Rafael Caro Quintero's associates. He began informing DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar about Caro Quintero in exchange for money in the early 1980s. He was brutally beaten up by Mexican Police commander Guillermo Calderoni in order to extract the location of Caro Quintero, angering Camarena.
Free Trade

**Free Trade** is the tenth and final episode of Season 2 of *Narcos: Mexico.* It aired on February 13, 2020.

## Synopsis

After meeting with Pacho, Félix presents the plaza bosses with a new business plan. Walt receives a surprising invitation.

## Plot

Twenty tons of the Colombian's cocaine is seized by the DEA in Sylmar, California, which Félix then uses as leverage to have the Colombians give him cocaine for retail in America on top of being their primary transporter. Following the requests of the plaza bosses, Félix grants Palma clemency for his planned betrayal, but has Clavel murder Palma's wife and throw his children off a bridge as a message to the bosses. Maria then kicks Félix out of the house and forbids him from seeing his children again. At a meeting of the plazas, Félix informs the bosses of their new goal of setting up sales and distribution in the United States. All the plaza bosses then withdraw from the federation with the Arellano Félix family forming the Tijuana Cartel; Azul, Palma, and Chapo forming the Sinaloa Cartel; and Amado and Aguilar leading the Juárez Cartel.

The Tijuana Cartel uses Isabella's contact in Colombia to source their own supply of cocaine and cut her out of the business, while Amado contacted Herrera directly to give the Cali Cartel another option to transport their supply through Mexico. Félix is then arrested at home as a signal by the Mexican government that they were complying with the effort to end drug trafficking and get included in what would become NAFTA. Breslin meets Félix in prison, who then proceeds to outline the upcoming chaos that will be caused by the disputes among the new cartels that eventually leads into the Mexican Drug War.

## Cast

* Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
* Joaquín Cosío as Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
* Ernesto Alterio as Salvador Osuna Nava
* Tessa Ia as Sofia Conesa
* Alejandro Edda as Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Fermin Martinez as Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
* Fernanda Urrejola as Maria Elvira
* Gerardo Taracena as Pablo Acosta
* Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Palma Salazar
* Viviana Serna as Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita")
* Guillermo Villegas as Sammy Alvarez
* Tenoch Huerta as Rafael Caro Quintero
* Horacio Garcia Rojas as Tomas Morlet
* Jackie Earle Haley as Jim Ferguson
* Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix
* Teresa Ruiz as Isabella Bautista
* Yul Vazquez as John Gavin
* Julio Cesar Cedillo as Commander Guillermo Calderoni
* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Alberto Ammann as Hélmer Herrera
* Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos)
* Pêpê Rapazote as José Santacruz Londoño
* Jorge A. Jimenez as Roberto Ramos
* Julián Díaz as Blackie
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner
* Brian Buckley as John Clay Walker
* Mike Doyle as Thomas Buehl
* Sosie Bacon as Mimi Webb Miller
Jhon Burgos

## Jhon Burges

**Jhon Burges** (died 1993) also known as **El Limón** was Pablo Escobar's chauffeur, and last loyal *sicario*.

Burges was born in Envigado, and lived at the *Barrio Pablo Escobar* with his family. He worked as a taxi driver, and would ferry around prostitutes from a brothel during his free time. His friend and notorious *sicario*, La Quica hired him in 1992 to work as drug lord Pablo Escobar's chauffeur after the Escobar escaped from prison. Jhon would drive his taxi around town, while Escobar hid in the trunk.

He was trained in gun combat by the other *sicarios*, and played a key role in Escobar's plan to eliminate Search Bloc leader Horacio Carrillo. Jhon continued to remain loyal to Escobar, and by late 1993 was the only *sicario* working for Escobar after the others were either killed or defected. Burges aided Escobar when the Search Bloc raided Escobar's last safehouse, but was killed. Escobar died moments later on top of a roof.

In real life, he was a bodyguard at one of Pablo Escobar's drug Labs, but in 1992, he was one of the top sicario of Pablo Escobar.
Luis Donaldo Colosio

**Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta** (died 1994) was a Mexican politician and a presidential candidate of the PRI.

Colosio was handpicked by the PRI leadership to become the president in 1994, but Colosio departed from party lines after the outbreak of the Zapatista Rebellion and promised to bring reform. For toeing away from party lines, he was assassinated during a campaign rally in Tijuana on the orders of Carlos Hank González.

His assassination, along with the Zapatista Rebellion and increasing drug violence paved way for the 1994 Mexican peso crisis.
Los Extraditables

**Los Extraditables** (Spanish: The Extraditables) was an organization created by the Medellín cartel in the mid-1980s after Colombia had signed an extradition agreement with the United States.

The organization aimed to force the government into revoking the extradition agreement by bribing, intimidating and assassinating politicians and judges. Cartel member Carlos Lehder also gave anti-American speeches on the radio under the influence of cocaine, and José Rodríguez Gacha hired a team of Israeli mercenaries to protect his assets.

Extradition was repealed by a landslide in 1990, allowing Escobar and the Ochoa brothers to voluntarily imprison themselves in luxurious Colombian prisons.
Fausto Soberanos

**Fausto Soberanos** (died 1994) was a Mexican soldier who served in the joint task force under General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo.

Soberanos led an unsuccessful military operation to capture Tijuana cartel leader Benjamín Arellano Félix in 1994. Later, he killed Arturo 'Kitty' Páez, and murdered by gunmen led by Ramón Arellano Félix in retaliation.
Gilbert Mills

Captain **Gilbert Mills** was a captain in the United States Marine Corps, who was sent by the US Department of Defense to train Colombian commandos.

Mills trained Saudi Arabian soldiers in Pendleton before departing to Colombia. Aside from training Colombian commands, Mills helped Bill Stechner set up a fake cocaine lab in the jungle and fill it up with the bodies of dead FARC guerrillas in an attempt to convince the two visiting US Senators that the communists took up drug trafficking after the collapse of the Medellín cartel.
Jorge Salcedo

* Narcos
* Real life

**Jorge Salcedo Cabrera** was a counter-surveillance expert employed by the Cali cartel.

Salcedo was ingenious and intelligent, evident by his experiments with biodiesel during his youth. Salcedo met Carlo Cordova while serving in the Colombian Army and was recruited into Cordova's security firm, which provided security to the Cali cartel.

In the early 1980s, he inspected the hotel room in Panama, where a meeting took place between Cali cartel leader Hélmer Herrera and Mexican drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. In the early 1990s, he served as the cartel's bomb-maker and made a variety of explosives to use during the hunt for Pablo Escobar. He was eventually promoted to head-of-security for the Rodríguez brothers.

After Escobar died in 1993, Salcedo considered leaving the Cali cartel and establishing his own security firm. However, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela forced him to stay with the organization for six more months till they surrender to the Colombian government. He succeeded in catching a mole planted by the DEA during one of Gilberto's parties. The cartel later forcibly had Salcedo threaten a safety inspector to cover up the Yumbo gas incident. A few months later, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela was arrested in a surprise Search Bloc operation. Miguel blamed Cordova for the arrest, and had him killed with his family. Miguel's son David, resented Salcedo and repeatedly looked for opportunities to pounce on Salcedo.

Fearing for his family, Salcedo contacted Chris Feistl and Daniel Van Ness, the two DEA agents responsible for Gilberto's arrest. Salcedo had them under surveillance ever since Gilberto's arrest. He struck a deal with the DEA in which he and his family would be placed in witness protection in the United States in exchange for Miguel's location. Despite a failed raid at first, Salcedo's information eventually led to Miguel's arrest by General Rosso José Serrano. David discovered Salcedo's ties to the DEA and placed a bounty on him, forcing him to leave Cali. However, the DEA forced Salcedo back to Cali in order to convince cartel chief accountant Guillermo Pallomari to turn states. Salcedo is forced to kill Navegante as he waited for the DEA agents to convince Pallomari.

After he and Pallomari testified against the Cali cartel in the US courts, he disappeared into the DEA witness protection program as a mechanic.

## Trivia

* He is one of the seven characters that appears in both *Narcos* and *Narcos: Mexico* (the other characters are Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Hélmer Herrera, Pablo Escobar, Poison, Navegante and Orlando Henao Montoya.
Hector Gallon

**Hector** was a member of the Gallon gang. In 1993, he attended a meeting between the Gallon gang leaders and Judy Moncada. He later informed La Quica of the Medellín cartel that his bosses are joining the Los Pepes alliance, and that there would be a meeting of all Los Pepes members at Judy's mansion in Montecasino.
Augusto Pinzon

**Augusto Pinzon** was a Colonel in the Colombian National Police and the commander of the Search Bloc in 1992.

Pinzon disliked working with the Americans, and was stubborn in allowing the DEA to use his men for field operations. After his escape from prison, drug lord Pablo Escobar began a massive killing operation against the Search Bloc. The murder of 30 officers led Pinzon to resign. He was replaced by his predecessor Horacio Carrillo.
Gato

**Gato**  (died 1992) was a *sicario* of the Medellín cartel.

In 1992, Judy Moncada splintered from the Medellín cartel, and took many of the cartel's drug labs with her. Pablo Escobar had Gato form a team of over 45 *sicarios* and sent them to raid and dismantle Moncada's biggest lab.

Judy, acting under Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela's orders, had her gemuk man Diego Murillo Bejarano give away the location of her lab to DEA agent Javier Peña. As a result, the Search Bloc led by Colonel Horacio Carrillo attacked the lab while Gato and his men were inventorying the contents. The ensuing firefight resulted in the arrest of Gato, along with 45 of Escobar's *sicarios*.

While rest of the *sicarios* were held at the Carlos Holguin School, Gato and one of his men were transported by helicopter to Bogotá. Carrillo interrogated both of them mid-air, and threw them off the helicopter when they failed to give away the location of either Pablo or Blackie.
Héctor Palma Salazar

* Narcos
* Real life

**Héctor Palma Salazar**, also known as ***Güero*** (English: White) was a Mexican drug trafficker and the first leader of the Sinaloa cartel.

Initially working in Juárez under Pablo Acosta, he rose up the ranks, and by 1985, handled the Mazatlán plaza for the Guadalajara cartel. He later led the Sinaloa plaza along with Cochiloco. After Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ordered the death of Cochiloco on Benjamín Arellano Félix's request, Palma spoke about leaving the Guadalajara cartel to his former mentor Acosta. The conversation was recorded and sent to Félix Gallardo; whom out of anger sent Juan José Esparragoza Moreno to kill Palma. Palma's wife Guadalupe Leija Serrano heard about the news from her lover and Félix's chauffeur Rafael Enrique Clavel. Palma successfully warded off Esparragoza Moreno from his house, and went into hiding.

On the insistence of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán and other plaza bosses, Félix Gallardo forgave Palma and allowed him back into his organization, at the cost of his wife and his two children, who were executed reluctantly by Clavel. Growing tired of Félix's tyranny, Palma and Esparragoza Moreno decide to withdraw from the Federation, forming the Sinaloa cartel. Palma later tracked Clavel down and bludgeoned him to death with a baseball bat.

Palma served as the leader of the Sinaloa cartel from 1989 till he was overthrown by Chapo and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.

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 "**El Dedazo**"**Appears**
Guadalajara International Airport shootout

The **Guadalajara International Airport shootout** refers to the unsuccessfull assassination attempt on Sinaloa Cartel member Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán by members of the Tijuana Cartel and their Logan Heights Gang allies on May 24, 1993. The shootout left seven people dead.

The shootout made international headlines after Arch-Bishop Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo was accidentally ambused by the Logan Heights Gang gunmen.

## Shootout

Chapo and Arturo Beltrán Leyva arrived the airport and met with their police contacts. Simultaneously, *narcojuniors* of the Tijuana Cartel arrived at the airport along with Logan Heights gang hitmen hired by David Barron Corona. Ramón Arellano Félix had Barron and the Logan Heights gangsters search for Chapo at the parking lot, while he searched for Chapo inside the terminal along with Alfredo Hodoyan and Romeo Soto.

At 4:15 PM, Chivo spotted Chapo outside the airport and began firing at them. He was quickly shot dead by Chapo's police contacts. Ramón and the *narcojuniors* stormed outside and killed the corrupt police officers, forcing Chapo and Arturo to descend down to the parking lot and flee. Ramón sees them entering a white Lincoln Grand Marquis and radios Barron to look out for that particular car.

The chaos resulted in a jam at the parking lot forcing Chapo to abandon his car. Spooky spots another car matching Ramón's description, and the Logan Heights gang members quickly make their way there and began indiscrimnately firing into the car. However they realize that they've shot the wrong person when Barron opened the car doors to look for Chapo's body.

The Tijuana Cartel gunmen discover Chapo hiding in the parking lot and another shootout takes place, forcing Chapo back into the airport terminal. Chapo and Arturo sneak through the baggage conveyor belt, and make their way to the other side of the airport. They commandeer an airport taxi and flee. Ramón unsuccessfully searches for Chapo inside the airport, and callously kills civilians along the way. Barron tells him that the police are on their way and the Tijuana Cartel and Logan Heights gang members escape in a Taesa flight sent by Carlos Hank González.

## Aftermath

The death of Cardinal Posadas resulted in a public outcry against drug traffickers, forcing the President to send General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo to takeover the city of Tijuana and hunt down the leaders of the Tijuana Cartel. Logan Heights gang members Spooky and Puma surrendered to the Mexican authorities for the murder of the Cardinal.

Despite not being involved in the Cardinal's death, Chapo was named as one of the main perpetrators of the shootout. A $15 million bounty was placed on his head, forcing him to leave the country. He was eventually arrested two months later in Guatemala, and was extradited back to Mexico.

Amado Carrillo Fuentes convinced Carlos Hank González to cut his ties with the Tijuana Cartel after the shootout.

## Gallery

Ramón Arellano Félix leads his men inside the airport.
Los Priscos

The **Los Priscos**, also known as the **Prisco gang** was a criminal organization which functioned as one of the armed wings of the Medellín cartel. The gang was led by respected doctor Ricardo Prisco, and was involved in heavily involved in assassinations and drug trafficking.

The Priscos were one of the few armed groups which continued to stay loyal to Medellín cartel drug lord Pablo Escobar after his escape from prison in 1992, and as a result the gang was involved in heavy fighting with the Los Pepes paramilitary and the Colombian police. A Search Bloc raid under Horacio Carrillo killed most of the gangs leadership except Ricardo in 1992. Ricardo continued to stay loyal to Escobar till his death in 1993 on the hands of Escobar's top *sicario* La Quica, who planned to defect.
Bowser Buddy team

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## Bowser Buddy team

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 *The Bowser Buddy team arrives to board the Kuppa Cruiser*

### Other Names

Bowser Bodies
Kupka army

## Description

### Notable Members

Lost Child
Lewis

### Aim

Hunt down Kakuretta and retrieve Princess Peach's voice

### Enemies

Kakuretta
Fafful

The **Bowser Buddy team** was a special force that traveled with Bowser on his Kuppa Cruiser. When Bowser arrived in the Kingdom of Fungi during the opening of Mario and Lewis: Solar System Saga, discovering the Princess's voice had been stolen, he and Mario decided to join forces to reclaim the voice of the Princess of Peaches and get revenge on the perpetrator. When Luigi accompanies Mario to give him a farewell, Bowser misinterprets him as wanting to join the Bowser Buddies. Bowser asks if Luigi really wants to hurt himself that bad by joining, and says that even though Luigi is painful he will accept him in the group. Luigi tries to escape, but Bowser has the Kuppa Cruiser pursue and kidnap him onto the team.

## Trivia

* The team is composed mostly of Fish and Koopas which look like Parakarius without wings.
* Corporal punishment is employed on the team, as the Lost Child mentions their flagellation.
John Gavin

**John Gavin** (April 8th, 1931 - February 9th, 2018) was the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 1981 to 1986. He was in office during the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Enrique Camarena. Prior to his ambassadorship, Gavin had been an actor, best known for playing the boyfriend in the 1960 horror film *Psycho*.
Explosivos

**"Explosivos"** is the sixth episode of Season 1 of *Narcos* and the sixth episode overall.

## Summary

Peña and Carillo close in on Gacha. Murphy tries to protect pro-extradition candidate Gaviria from a notorious assassin connected to Pablo.

## Cast

### Starring

* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Boyd Holbrook as Steve Murphy
* Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña
* Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy
* Maurice Compte as Horacio Carrillo
* André Mattos as Jorge Luis Ochoa
* Roberto Urbina as Fabio Ochoa
* Diego Cataño as La Quica
* Jorge A. Jimenez as Poison
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Raúl Méndez as César Gaviria
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Manolo Cardona as Eduardo Sandoval

### Guest starring

* Luis Guzmán as José Rodríguez Gacha
* Juan Pablo Raba as Gustavo Gaviria
* Juan Riedinger as Carlos Lehder
* Adan Canto as Minister Lara
* Ana de la Reguera as Elisa Álvarez
* Danielle Kennedy as Ambassador Noonan
* Patrick St. Esprit as Major Wysession
* Danielle Kennedy as Ambassador Noonan

### Co-starring

* Ariel Sierra as Sure Shot
* Julian Beltrán as Alberto Suarez
* Juan Murcia as Juan Pablo Escobar
* Juan Sebastian Calero as Navegante
* Laura Perico as Marina Ochoa
* German De Greiff as Jaime Carrera
* Vera Mercado as Ana Gaviria
* Jair Arango Meneses as Fredy Rodriguez Celades
* Isabel Acevedo as Gacha's Maid
* Carlos Aguilar as Efram Gonzalez
* Jorge Monterrosa as Trujillo
* Herberto Borjas as Senator
* Karen Alejandra Díaz as Natalie
* Maria Luisa Diuza as Gaviria's Secretary
* Xiomara Galeano as Sophia
* Michael Uribe as Military Man
* Frank Cuervo as DEA #1 Bogotá
* Leonardo Rojas as Military Man
* Valeria Acosta as Maria Gaviria
* Samuel Peña as Simon Gaviria
* Diego Corredor as Cop
Elias

**Elias** (died 1994) was a Mexican waiter.

He was sent by Amado Carrillo Fuentes to be Pacho Herrera's boyfriend while he lay low in Mexico. When Amado formed a partnership with the Norte del Valle cartel, and allowed Pacho's rival Gerda Salazar to send a hit squad to kill Pacho and his brother Álvaro Herrera in Mexico. The hitsquad spotted Elias, and allowed him to live if he would lead them to the Herreras. However Elias disarmed one of the gunmen and warned Pacho about the gunmen before he died after sustaining multiple bullet wounds.
Lopez

**Lopez** was a DEA agent who investigated the Cali cartel till 1994.

Lopez acted as Duffy's translator. They attempted to use Andrés Restrepo to spy on the cartel, but he was caught and the identity of the DEA agents were revealed to the Colombian press by the cartel. The DEA decided to send Duffy and Lopez back home.