Gustavo Fring

Character from Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan

The owner of a fried chicken chain and the most meticulous drug lord in the American Southwest — a man who smiled at customers for twenty years while plotting the systematic destruction of everyone who wronged him.

Also known as: Gus, The Chicken Man, Gustavo

What They Know

• Owner of Los Pollos Hermanos — 14-location fried chicken chain that fronts the Southwest's largest meth operation
• His partner Max Arciniega was executed by Don Eladio in 1989 — Gus spent 20 years planning revenge
• Poisoned Don Eladio and the cartel leadership with contaminated tequila — vomited up his dose to survive
• Built the Superlab beneath Lavanderia Brillante — $8M facility capable of 200+ lbs/week of methamphetamine
• Backed by Madrigal Electromotive GmbH — a German industrial conglomerate that laundered his drug money globally
• Killed by Hector Salamanca's pipe bomb (arranged by Walt) at Casa Tranquila — straightened his tie before dying
• His Chilean past is deliberately mysterious — even the cartel couldn't verify his background
• Killed Lalo Salamanca in the Superlab during the BCS era — buried him in the foundation alongside Howard Hamlin

Connections

• enemy_of — hector
• enemy_of — cartel_org
• employs — mike
• employs — walt
• killed_by — walt
• killed_by — hector
• killed — lalo
• killed — don_eladio
• backed_by — madrigal_org

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