Carlos Madrigal

"You think there are rules, but we both know what rules were made for"

- Carlos to Narciso before killing him. "When he came to this place, they mistook my commander for a god, they had the wrong man"

- Carlos

Carlos Madrigal is a major antagonist and an anti-villain in the horror TV series From Dusk Till Dawn and is a ruthless drug lord and a vampire. In the series, Carlos is the main antagonist in Season 1 and one of the two main antagonists along with Amancio Malvado in Season 2. He was the boss of the Gecko brothers and helped them get into Mexico to fulfil the prophecy of freeing Carlos' love, Santánico Pandemónium.

He is portrayed by Wilmer Valderrama.

Season 1
Carlos first appears when the criminal Seth Gecko is calling him for help for the former and his brother Richie to get to Mexico as half of the state of Texas is looking for them.

Carlos later murders Katie's boyfriend Kyle after he hitchhiked for ride and chat about his girlfriend. As Kyle, Carlos reveals Jacob to be a minister who has lost his way. When the Gecko brothers took the Fullers as hostages, Carlos takes the form of the chief border agent allowed RV go to Mexico. Sometime after the Gecko brothers and the Fullers arrived at the Titty Twister club, he took the Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzalez hostage as he was after the Geckos and later introduced the vampire Santanico to the crowd as she danced. However, after a fight and a blood bath breaks out in the club, Santanico retreats and meets with some calubra officials and Narciso Menendez, which ended in the officials being slaughtered. Carlos is later ordered to fight and kill Ranger Gonzalez. During this time, It is revealed that Carlos had a relationship with Santanico and brought Richie as a progeny.