Because of the rivalry between Gus and Hector, Lalo becomes dedicated to disrupting Gus' legitimate restaurant business Los Pollos Hermanos and Lavandería Brillante, as well as his reputation with the cartel. Unlike his other rivals such as Walter White, Gus was highly fearful of Lalo due to his cunning and resilience.
Lalo outwitted and outsmarted Gus at every turn, but Gus prevailed with a lucky shot in the dark. Did you take comfort in the fact that Gus needed the Devil's luck to take down Lalo? Of course!
They are both ruthlessly cold, but Gus is more careful and even more calculating. So unless Gus had a good reason to kill you, you might not be in danger around him.
Up to this point, Gus is portrayed as the smartest person on the show, matched only by Walter White in Breaking Bad. In spite of this, Lalo is able to believably outmaneuver him at nearly every turn.
Lalo is killed by Gus in the season-six episode "Point and Shoot". Gordon Smith said the writers considered having Mike kill Lalo but this idea was discarded to let the "biggest big bads" in the series—Gus and Lalo—confront each other.
Because of the rivalry between Gus and Hector, Lalo becomes dedicated to disrupting Gus' legitimate restaurant business Los Pollos Hermanos and Lavandería Brillante, as well as his reputation with the cartel. Unlike his other rivals such as Walter White, Gus was highly fearful of Lalo due to his cunning and resilience.
Lalo died smiling as a nod to the maniacal personality he carried throughout life, but also to stress the satisfaction he derived from having been right about Gus. The familiar, creepy smirk was one final act of rebellion. Even in his most painful moment, he refused to let Gus see a glimmer of defeat on his face.
In Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8, Gus kills Lalo because he knows that, if he doesn't, his rival will take him out instead.
Better Call Saul season 6's "Carrot & Stick" speaks to Gus Fring's awesome instincts, not only knowing a visit to Hector Salamanca was the best method of confirming whether the Lalo assassination stuck, but also getting exactly the cues he wanted from their conversation.
In the end, Lalo's only weakness – pride – was what allowed Gus to get the upper hand and finally kill Lalo in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8, "Point and Shoot." This isn't to say that Gus didn't suffer from the same weakness (he absolutely did), but Gus handled it differently, which is what made all the ...
Hector Salamanca
Having served as one of Don Eladio's most feared men for decades, Hector has been as close to the top as it gets.
However, when it came to Walter White, Gus may have had a slight sense of fear. This is because Walter was unpredictable and dangerous. Gus knew that if he crossed Walter, there could be serious consequences. In the end, this sense of fear proved to be true and Gus ended up dead at the hands of Walter White.
In 1999, Don Hector started his own distribution network, becoming Gus' main competitor, even if both of them ultimately still reported to Don Eladio. During this time, the boss unfavorably compared Hector's operation to Gus's, much to Hector's dismay ("Sabrosito").
1 Jack Welker
Jack Welker (Michael Bowen) is the leader of a neo-Nazi gang and the most evil Breaking Bad character. He is a man who is motivated by the moment. He may seem like a man motivated by money, but he is motivated by pride and pleasure.
Hatred. Gus Fring's biggest weakness was his unending hatred for Hector Salamanca, who, twenty years ago, had shot his partner in the head just to make a point. That's why he spent the next 20 years in the drug business and not just go back to cooking fried chicken and making a stable profit.
Gustavo Fring's Drug Empire, known simply as Gus' Drug Empire, was an American drug organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and run by drug kingpin Gustavo Fring. It was the second most powerful drug organization in United States history, being surpassed only by Walter White's Drug Empire.
While Mike tells Saul that Lalo is dead — which is familiar territory, as they had a similar conversation in the season 5 finale when Mike assures Jimmy that Lalo will be dead later that day — it seems that Jimmy will remain haunted by him and by the idea that the rest of the Salamancas may come after him, believing ...
Then, being the brilliant man that he is, he also realizes what fellow brilliant man Lalo Salamanca's next move will be: to pay someone in Germany a visit. Sure enough, the final portion of “Black and Blue” reveals that Lalo really has gone to Germany to investigate what Gus is up to.
Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton)
When the assassins burst in, Lalo killed all but one of them, letting the survivor leave to tell the tale. He then realized that Nacho wasn't among the victims and that he had been betrayed by someone he had just vouched for to his boss.
Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton)
Lalo Salamanca is simply a psychopath. His way of thinking is different than most people's. Unlike Jack Welker, Salamanca isn't motivated by the moment's pleasure.
While delivering a scathing monologue to the drug bosses down in the high-tech meth lab that Walt and Jesse will eventually use in “Breaking Bad,” Gus turns out the lights, grabs a gun and fires the clip at Lalo. When the lights turn back on, we see Lalo choking on his own blood from a fatal neck wound.
Much of Gus' motives are driven by revenge for the death of his partner Maximino "Max" Arciniega by the Mexican cartel. Gus and Max's relationship was long implied to be more than business before their confirmation as lovers by showrunner Peter Gould in 2022.
If Lalo really is completely unbothered by the situation he's in, he would sleep like a baby. But he doesn't. The inherent threat of the life he's living leaves its mark on him, whether he likes it or not, and that's what keeps him up at night. Over a long enough time, it destroys them.
Nacho flees as the assassins enter and kill most of Lalo's family and guards. Lalo kills all but one assassin and then tells him to call the middleman who arranged the attack and report that Lalo was killed. Lalo realizes Nacho has betrayed him and angrily strides away from his house.
Rather than pretend to flee as planned so that Victor can kill him quickly, Nacho uses a piece of broken glass to free himself from his zip tie, seize Juan's gun, and kill himself. The Cousins then assist Hector to fire bullets into Nacho's lifeless body.