Gus likes Hector in the wheelchair, not able to communicate beyond ringing a bell. It's torture for anyone to live the rest of his life that way, especially for a guy like him, so used to doing whatever he wanted. Gus intentionally keeps Hector alive for him to suffer.
Gus Fring's verbal beat-down also confirms (if it wasn't already clear) that the real reason he didn't let Hector die from a heart attack in Better Call Saul season 3 was because he wanted the Salamanca patriarch to watch everything and everyone he loved die before kicking the bucket himself.
Hector's Disability Came From Gus Fring's Act Of Revenge
He emptied the pill capsules and refilled them with ibuprofen, which could increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke. The spiked pills finally worked during a drug cartel meeting. Hector suffered a stroke but Gus saved him by using CPR.
Gus wants Hector to live so that he can take his revenge on him slowly and making sure that he suffers for as much as he can before Gus finally kills him, which he eventually does in Breaking Bad.
He knew that Hector would ring the bell and call for attention. - Quora. Why didn't Gus tie up Hector's hand before killing him? He knew that Hector would ring the bell and call for attention.
In 2003, Hector would end up paralyzed and unable to speak following a stroke caused by empty pills as part of a plan orchestrated by his former subordinate Nacho Varga.
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.
The Breaking Bad episode "Hermanos" shows that Gus and his long-time business partner and boyfriend Max Arciniega started Los Pollos Hermanos as a front to sell methamphetamine that Max "cooked".
Were Gus and Max lovers? No, Max says outright that Gus is like a "brother to me". In BCS, the "boyfriend" line was delivered jokingly as in, it was quite obvious that their relationship was close and seen as homoerotic to people who worked near the two.
After attempting to establish a partnership with the Cartel, Max was murdered by Hector Salamanca on the orders of Don Eladio as punishment for Gustavo's disrespectful actions of manipulating Eladio into a meeting by selling drugs to his men without consent.
Hector then finally looks at Gus and dings his bell rapidly but the bell is hollow. Walt planted his car bomb under Hector's chair and the bell was being used as a trigger. As soon as Gus realized this the bomb exploded and Gus walked out with half his face off before he collapses and dies. Walter White Jr.
After Walter White has gotten Hector to agree to his plan to kill Gustavo Fring, Hector asks the Caregiver for the DEA by spelling out "Need DEA".
Hector is a former drug agent who worked for Don Eladio. His family members are very involved in the drug business. After an unexplained incident, he's left paralyzed in most of his body and can't speak or move on his own. His only means of communication is the bell on his wheelchair.
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.
The real reason why Gus killed Victor in such a brutal fashion is that it sends a crystal clear message to the two men: if they put the operation at risk, then Gus wouldn't hesitate to kill either one of them as well.
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 ...
“This is what comes from blood for blood, Hector. Sangre por sangre.” Gus's face doesn't reveal a flicker of emotion when he says this.
Is Gustavo Fring a psychopath? No. Someone explained on his Villains Wiki page how he suffers from OCD, so he is Mentally Ill.
Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis)
Hector is a hateful, abusive man. He is prone to evil because he enjoys the pain he causes. He has respect for some family members, but overall, he is a man consumed by bitterness.
It was a stroke. This was revealed in the 2nd season when he and Jesse are reunited after Hank shot Tuco.
Gus responded that if Lalo were to die above the Mexico/USA border, then he would be the immediate suspect, whether or not he actually killed him, which would result in an all-out war between Gus' operation and the cartel.
He raised Tuco as a son and taught him and his other nephews that family is everything, living by the creed himself. He is the second Salamanca family member to run their drug operation, following his nephew Tuco, and was succeeded by his nephew Lalo. Though brutal, Hector is very loyal to his family and the cartel.
Why does Zeus not bother to intervene to save Hector? He does not want to anger Hera.
Hector's death has a large impact on the war. He was a fierce warrior and general, skills that were useful on the battlefield. He was also the first son of Priam, so his death weighs heavily on the king. This combat draws Achilles back into the war, and he would not leave again until he died as well.
One of the main reasons was that Gus and Max Arciniega had sold to rivals. This was a big no-no when it comes to the cartels. For that reason, they had to show the pair who were boss, so to speak. Gus was already a successful business man with a legitimate business which would be useful to Don Eladio and the cartel.