Tuco Salamanca (Metástasis)

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Tuco Salamanca
Alias	None
Origin	Metástasis
Occupation	Drug kingpin
Powers / Skills	Physical strength
Goals	Evade the DEA
Crimes	Organized crime Murder Torture Mutilation Animal cruelty Assault and battery Abuse Kidnapping Drug dealing Extortion Theft Smuggling
Type of Villain	Power-Hungry Drug Lord

Tuco Salamanca is a major antagonist in the 2014 crime drama Metástasis, which is a Colombian remake of Breaking Bad, serving as the main antagonist from Episodes 6 through 9. His history and personality resemble his original counterpart.

He was portrayed by Damián Alcázar.

Biography

After Tuco gets out of prison and his uncle is paralyzed from a heart attack, he becomes Albuquerque's biggest drug kingpin, second only to Gustavo Cortez and possibly El Loco, all while taking care of Hector at his house. Following Krazy-8's death, Walter Blanco and José Miguel Rosas try to find a new distributor for their meth. Eventually finding out about Tuco, José has a meeting with him. Tuco is immediately impressed with the meth but refuses to pay José right away. José does not take kindly to this so he threatens to take the meth away unless Tuco pays him now. Therefore, Tuco assaults José and steals the meth. Walter decides to confront Tuco, so he arrives to Tuco’s headquarters with a bag of fulminated mercury. Walt demands a large sum of money for stealing his meth and assaulting his partner, to which Tuco insults him for thinking he does a dumb move by trying to confront him an bringing more meth, to which Walt responds by picking up a bit of the fulminated mercury and throwing it to the floor, causing an immense explosion. Tuco agrees to pay the money after this threat, showing some respect for Walt in the process and agreeing to be their distributor.

During his first meeting with both Walt and José at a junkyard, Walt is low on product but convinces Tuco to give them the full payment, stating that he will have more by their next meeting. Tuco is annoyed by this, but decides to pay them anyways. During their next meeting, Tuco gets a dose of Walt's new blue meth, and is once again impressed by the product. However, one of his henchmen inadvertently insults Tuco as well as their new business partners so Tuco, now high on the crystal, beats him to death. After he recovers, he tries to force Walt and Jesse to revive him, but to no avail. Tuco has Gonzo hide the body in the junkyard.

After Gonzo dies in an accident while checking on the henchman's body, Walt and José suspect Tuco. Thinking they are in danger, they devise a plan to poison him with ricin. However he kidnaps them, planning to take them out of the country to produce more meth once his twin cousins Oscar and Luis Salamanca arrive to pick them up so he can avoid getting caught by the DEA. Walter tries to poison Tuco with ricin but Hector sees it, and despite being paralyzed, is able to stop Tuco from taking the poison. Tuco and Walter then fight and Tuco is shot by Jesse but survives. However, Tuco is then found by Walter's brother-in-law Henry Navarro. The two engage in a gun fight and Tuco is shot dead.

Personality

Tuco is insane, violent, dangerous, and manipulative. His unpredictability, psychotic outbursts, sudden mood swings, love for drugs and ruthlessness terrify most people around him. He killed his own man simply because he finished his sentence with his own hands and showed almost no remorse over it, and actually proudly displayed his bruised knuckles to Walter and José after doing the deed.