Hector Salamanca
The bell rings for vengeance in the shadow of the cartel.
Hector Salamanca is a member of the Salamanca crime family, a Mexican crime family who claim to have begun the drug trade in New Mexico. He is the patriarch of the Salamanca family, and is later succeeded by his nephew Lalo Salamanca. Hector is a rival of Gus Fring, a fried chicken company entrepreneur whose restaurant chain is a front business for his narcotics distribution. Hector's condition deteriorates after a stroke, leaving him unable to speak or move, and he communicates by ringing a bedside bell.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- Salamanca Cartel
- Relation to tuco
- Uncle
Lore & Background
Hector Salamanca is the patriarch of the Salamanca crime family, a Mexican crime family who claim to have begun the drug trade in New Mexico. He is the uncle of Tuco Salamanca, and later his nephew Lalo Salamanca helps run the family drug business after Hector's stroke. Hector is a rival of Gus Fring, who nurses grudges against cartel boss Don Eladio and Salamanca patriarch Hector Salamanca. The show features the uneasy relationship between rival members of a drug cartel, with the Salamancas on one side and Gus Fring on the other. Those caught up in the conflict between Gus and the Salamancas include Ignacio "Nacho" Varga, a Salamanca associate who wants to protect his father from harm, and Mike Ehrmantraut, a former Philadelphia police officer who becomes a fixer for Gus but also has ties to Jimmy.
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