Character from Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan
The Mexican drug cartel that controlled the Southwest meth trade — until a quiet chicken restaurant owner poisoned its entire leadership at a pool party.
The Juárez Cartel was founded by Hector Salamanca, Don Eladio, and Juan Bolsa, growing from Colombian cocaine middlemen into a meth distribution empire. Gus Fring became their primary U.S. distributor through Los Pollos Hermanos, spending twenty years as a loyal earner while secretly planning their annihilation. Gus destroyed the cartel in a single afternoon — poisoning Don Eladio and the senior leadership with tequila at a pool party. The cartel's collapse created the power vacuum that Walt eventually filled.
Based in Juárez, Mexico. Haciendas, desert compounds, poolside meetings. The aesthetic of old-money crime — Don Eladio's pool is practically a character.
Also known as: Juárez Cartel, The Cartel