Based on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, no known members of the Salamanca cartel family are left alive. The bloodline and affiliated members were wiped out between 2004 and 2009, with Hector’s death in 2009 marking the end of the line, as confirmed by Gus Fring.
All of the Salamanca family members connected to the cartel perished between 2004 and 2009: Lalo who was killed in a shootout with Gus Fring in 2004, Gonzo who led to death after getting his arm crushed under a stack of cars in 2008, Tuco in a shootout with Hank Schrader in 2008, Marco after being shot by Hank, Leonel ...
What is the current status of the Salamanca family?
Hector is the last member of the Salamanca family affiliated with the cartel who died. He is also the only one who died via suicide while his nephews and grandson were killed. Gustavo Fring was involved in the deaths of all the Salamancas excluding Tuco's where he had no involvement. Gus shot Lalo to death.
Breaking Bad - Gus Informs Hector About His Nephews.
Why did Fring hate the Salamancas?
Though Gus outwardly works with a Mexican cartel to distribute cocaine, he secretly plots revenge against its members over the death of his business associate and romantic partner Maximino "Max" Arciniega at the hands of his sworn archenemy Hector Salamanca, the patriarch of the cartel-backed drug trade in the ...
Lalo Salamanca was first mentioned in the Breaking Bad series in 2009, specifically in the second-season episode titled "Better Call Saul." In that episode, Saul Goodman, the lawyer, makes a reference to Lalo, although Lalo himself does not appear in the series at that time.
Caro Quintero was arrested in the settlement of San Simón, within the Choix Municipality of Sinaloa, on July 15, 2022, and later transferred to the maximum security federal prison Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, also known as the "Altiplano."
While no single "most wanted" title is official, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García (Sinaloa Cartel) and Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes "El Mencho" (CJNG) are consistently named as Mexico's most powerful, elusive, and wanted drug lords, leading massive cartels involved in fentanyl, meth, cocaine, and heroin trafficking into the U.S., with Zambada considered a legendary figure operating with extensive bribes.
'Better Call Saul': Giancarlo Esposito on Why Gus Fring Fears Lalo Salamanca - IMDb. Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) may have said “I don't believe fear to be an effective motivator” in Breaking Bad, but when it comes to Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton), fear has taken the wheel.
Despite playing twins on television, Luis is the elder brother by three years. Luis Moncada was formerly in a gang and has served a prison sentence for vehicle theft. As of 2025, they are both partnered streamers on Twitch.
Tuco Salamanca - Undoubtedly the most ruthless and bloodthirsty member of the Salamanca family, Tuco's unpredictable nature makes him a dangerous adversary. 7. Don Eladio - The head of the cartel, Don Eladio ranks sixth in the rankings.
Reality. During his reign running the world's biggest drug cartel, Pablo Escobar amassed an estimated multimillion dollar fortune... and then he buried much of it all over Colombia. It's believed the majority of the money is still underground, and two former CIA operatives embark on a mission to find it.
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the notorious Mexican drug lord known as "El Padrino" (The Godfather), is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence in Mexico for drug trafficking and the murder of a DEA agent, having been transferred from the Altiplano prison to a more suitable facility in Guadalajara, Jalisco, due to health issues, where he remains under house arrest and surveillance as of early 2026.
In the March 20 letter, Guzmán writes that his wife is the only person who can visit him in prison because she lives in California, and other relatives would require visas to visit him.
He said his wife would be the only one to visit him because his mother and sisters do not have travel visas. His wife, Guzman wrote, would be able to visit after September 13, 2023, when "her detention ends ... and she will be able to travel anywhere in the country."
Griselda: Colombian 'Cocaine Godmother' given Hollywood makeover by Sofia Vergara. "The only man I was ever afraid of was a woman named Griselda Blanco." This is what infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar allegedly once said about the person who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.
So, Tuco d! es before Lalo, chronologically. But in Better Call Saul, Hector never once mentions Tuco's death, not even when mourning Lalo or raging at Gus.
“Say my name.” “Tread lightly.” “I am the one who knocks.” Over its five-season run, AMC's Emmy-winning drama Breaking Bad produced a slew of memorable quotes. And then came the movie, El Camino, Vince Gilligan's follow-up to his critically and commercially acclaimed series.
So when Saul got his original deal for Prison, they said they were willing to make a 1 time deal of 30 years, he then had them down to 7 years. But ended up getting 86 years.
