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| “ | Look at you, all lifted up like some kind of hero. Death row is just geography for me, mami. | „ |
| ~ Ramirez taunting Olivia Benson after he is sentenced to death |
Hector Ramirez is the overarching antagonist of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode “Rotten”. He is a drug lord who hires two corrupt officers to murder several drug dealers.
He was portrayed by Augustin Rodriguez.
Biography[]
History[]
Ramirez is a notorious drug dealer who sold drugs and helped sell drugs to the street. He was known for sexually harassing various women. He was then put in prison for murdering a man. In prison, he would be known for brutally raping and sexual assaulting his fellow prisoners, heavily implied to be with inanimate objects.
NYD Officer Luke Edmunds lost his brother to a drug overdose, which most likely came from drugs dealt by Ramirez or people under him. Luke then partnered with Les Cooper to commit “vigilante” attacks. Secretly, Cooper never cared for Luke and lied to him that they would kill drug dealers because of Luke’s brother; which was a cover for Cooper committing the crimes out of greed. At the time of the episode, they killed 6 drug dealers, along with shooting and attempting to murder Willy Angels after framing him.
Rotten[]
Ramirez was brought in for questioning after Carlos Torres was found raped with a plunger and later died in his prison cell. Given Ramirez’s history of sexual assaulting other inmates, he was initially a prime suspect. However, it was confirmed that he had been in the infirmary at the time, incoherently slurring at a nurse. Further investigation revealed that the assault on Torres had occurred well before his death, which redirected suspicion toward Edmunds and Cooper. Both men were subsequently arrested and charged.
During interrogation, Cooper implicated Ramirez, who admitted to orchestrating the attacks, boasting that he could easily avoid conviction by intimidating or eliminating witnesses. Shortly after, Edmunds was discovered dead in his cell, either from suicide, or murdered under Ramirez’s orders.
