Marco and Leonel Salamanca, commonly known as The Cousins, are twin brothers, deadly enforcers, and prolific hitmen for Don Eladio Vuente's drug cartel.
Daniel and Luis Moncada are Honduran-American actors and brothers known for their role as "The Cousins" Leonel and Marco Salamanca on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2010) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2016; 2018-2022).
The twins' lack of dialogue is seen as a tool for intimidation and to avoid being bugged, but it makes them come off as unrealistic and cartoonish compared to other well-developed characters in Breaking Bad.
The Cousins are twin brothers that are brutal hitmen who work for the Juarez drug cartel and are the cousins of Tuco. The one in the black jacket is Leonel and the one in the white Jacket is Marco.
They aren't twins!!!! They're brothers, but they're three years apart. I'd love to see more of their backstory, other than they were raised by Hector.
Leonel and Marco Salamanca were raised on the importance of the family being all by their uncle Hector and anyone who crossed them deserved to die. This life lesson which was taught to them as children acted as fuel for their revenge against Walter White, then later Hank Schrader, who killed their cousin Tuco.
Cranston told Here & Now's Robin Young that the men crawling on the ground are worshippers of Santa Muerte, a dark off-shoot of Catholicism. "The Santa Muerte is a deity that does not discriminate on what your prayers or wishes are," Cranston said.
Tuco Salamanca is a high-ranking distributor and drug kingpin from the Cartel. A member of the Salamanca family, Tuco is the grandson of Abuelita and the nephew of Hector. Tuco also has four cousins who are involved in criminal activities: Lalo, Marco, Leonel, and Joaquin.
If you think about each major Salamanca character after this description it's clear that Hector, Tuco and the Twins are sociopaths, while Lalo is a psychopath.
A member of the Salamanca family, Hector is the son of Abuelita, the uncle of twins Marco and Leonel, Lalo, and Tuco, and is the grandfather of Joaquin. He raised Tuco as a son and taught him and his other nephews that family is everything, living by the creed himself.
He is identified by the DEA as Hector Salamanca of the Cartel, but they think he hasn't been a major player in the business for years. As such, he is paralyzed and unable to speak as a result of a stroke (portrayed in Better Call Saul) and uses a brass service bell taped onto his wheelchair armrest to communicate.
A member of the Salamanca family, Lalo is the grandson of Abuelita and one of Don Hector's nephews, having four cousins who are also involved in criminal activities within the Salamanca drug operation in the cartel: his main cousin and fellow distributor Tuco, his hitmen cousins Marco and Leonel, and his first cousin ...
Although Walt and Jesse escape, as a result of this encounter Hector learns Walt's name and what Jesse looks like; Tuco had read their names out loud to him off their driver's licenses, and showed Hector a picture of Walt's family ("Grilled").
All of the Salamanca family members connected to the cartel perished between 2004 and 2009: Lalo in a shootout with Gustavo Fring in 2004, Gonzo who bled 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 after ...
Unbeknownst to Walt, the "Cousins" – Leonel and Marco Salamanca – approach their uncle, Hector Salamanca, who is now living in a retirement home following Tuco Salamanca's death. He gives them Walt's name and they eventually find his house.
They are visiting a shrine of Santa Muerte (Saint Death). In Mexico, she is a popular folk saint/deity who is the patron saint of (among other things) drug dealers and smugglers, and is often invoked to protect against violent death. Traditionally, a worshiper would crawl on his knees on his way to visit the shrine.
Walt Truly Was The Real Villain In Breaking Bad, Not An Antihero. Breaking Bad's Walter White has been widely called an antihero, but this was really not the case. An antihero is a protagonist who lacks the typical ennobling qualities of a hero, such as idealism and courage. Walt was neither antihero nor protagonist.
Like Cersei was to Tywin, Walt was the chaotic element that completely undid all of Gus' hard work, and eventually destroyed himself in the process as well. Personally, I think that Walt was the most dangerous of the two. They were both diabolical and ruthless, but Gus could control his emotions much better than Walt.
Marco and Leonel Salamanca, commonly known as The Cousins, are twin brothers, deadly enforcers, and prolific hitmen for Don Eladio Vuente's drug cartel. As members of the Salamanca family, the two cousins are grandsons of Abuelita and the nephews of Hector Salamanca.
"Abuelita" (meaning grandma) is the mother of Hector Salamanca, as well as the grandmother of Tuco, Lalo, Marco and Leonel Salamanca and the great-grandmother of Joaquin Salamanca. She is the only member of the Salamanca family to not be affiliated with the Cartel.
On the other hand, Tuco had very little respect for Jesse Pinkman. Tuco, much like Gus Fring at first, viewed Jesse as a low-life drug addict with no real motivation. Because of this, Tuco wanted to kill Jesse simply to just get rid of him, but Walt refused to work with him if Jesse was not involved as well.
Not looking at Gus is a sign of disrespect. Hector hates Gus but doesn't have a lot of ways of showing it. He's been reduced to a little man in a wheelchair while Gus just keeps growing in power and influence. Since he happily shot Gus' lover, Max, he has to know that Gus revels in his misery.
If anything, most of the deaths on the show are just backdrop — desensitizing both viewers and characters to the concept of murder. The Salamanca twins kill ten people all at once, yet it barely registers as sad.
Gus Fring tipped Hank off. Even though he did send the brothers to attack Hank in the first place, he warned Hank so that he would be aware of what's going on and proceed to kill them, thus wrapping up a loose end.
But surprisingly, none of what we saw unfold over the six seasons of the show is based on a true story. It all came from the brilliant imagination of show creator and executive producer Vince Gilligan.