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.
Rather than responding, Gus surveyed the excavation site alone. He examined the layout, the various pieces of equipment lying around, then subtly took the gun from his ankle holster to put it inside a parked digger.
Gus' choice of the Bulldog as his hidden gun likely mirrors what Lalo had told Jimmy and Kim about how easy it is to use a revolver: it is just a point and shoot weapon not requiring cocking or the removal of a safety.
Once down there, Lalo gives Gus a chance for some last words. Gus gives an angry speech denouncing Eladio and the Salamancas. He then kicks out a switch (turning the lights off), retrieves his stashed gun in the confusion, and blindly empties it at Lalo, shooting him in the neck.
Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) uses a two-toned Kimber Ultra Crimson Carry II in "Winner" (S4E10). It appears to be a "Custom Shop" model.
Indeed, Gus not maintaining control is not something we frequently see. And The Mandalorian star says Lalo poses the same threat to Gus that Gus has posed to others, making him Gus's ultimate threat. “I don't like loose cannons. I don't like loose cannons who can't control themselves.
In the lab, Lalo prepares to kill Gus, but Gus cuts power to the lights and kills Lalo with a gun he had hidden there earlier. Mike buries Lalo and Howard beneath the floor of the lab and tells Jimmy and Kim they will not see Lalo again.
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.
As they depart, an informant inside the building makes a telephone call to report their presence. Lalo gives Jimmy McGill directions to a remote desert pickup site. Jimmy reluctantly agrees to pick up the money after Lalo promises him $100,000.
Zafiro Añejo, a fictitious brand of tequila created for Breaking Bad, is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant. Gustavo Fring notably poisoned a bottle of Zafiro Añejo, which was later drunk by Eladio Vuente and other high-ranking members of the Cartel, causing their deaths.
A Colt Walker 1847 with a cartridge conversion kit is carried by Augustus McCrae (Robert Duvall) throughout the four part film.
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 ...
Gaff fires some shots at Gus' path in order to intimidate him. Gus walks right at him and, for his bravery, gives Gaff no satisfaction. Gaff ends the attack and leaves ("Bug").
The lab was proposed by Lydia Rodarte-Quayle and financed by Gustavo Fring and Peter Schuler, with the project costing over $8 million.
In season 4 of Breaking Bad, Gus tells Hector Salamanca that “the Salamancas are all dead now”: Gus Fring can only become the new drug king after the death of all those who stand against and above him.
But Lalo is not in New Mexico. He is in Germany, looking a little tousled and with murder not even uppermost on his mind. He wants evidence of what Werner Ziegler and “his boys” were up to underneath the Lavandería Brillante. The best way to do that, he has decided, is through Werner's widow.
Juan Bolsa is a high-ranking member and the co-founder of the Cartel to which the Salamanca family and Gustavo Fring belong. He generally acts as the voice of the cartel to mediate issues between the Salamancas and Gus because he wants to make sure both earn profits for the cartel.
Hector Salamanca, also known as Don Hector, was the elderly don of the Salamanca drug organization and an associate of cartel boss Don Eladio Vuente. He was the son of Abuelita, the uncle of twins Marco and Leonel Salamanca, Tuco Salamanca, and Lalo Salamanca, and the grandfather of Joaquin Salamanca.
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.
Tuco Salamanca
Assuming operational costs are about $5 billion, the profit comes to $15 billion. In Breaking Bad, the Juarez Cartel was one of the major organizations in Mexico.
Lalo could plan to use Jimmy and Kim to his advantage. After all, Jimmy is "Salamanca's guy" in Better Call Saul now. Lalo will suspect that Jimmy has ties to Gus or Mike, and he could therefore try to use him as leverage.
Season 5. The hitmen are hired by Gustavo Fring through a middle man to assassinate Lalo Salamanca once he returns home to Mexico. With the reluctant assistance of Nacho Varga opening the back gate, the men gain access to Lalo's home, killing his staff.
Sure enough, the final portion of “Black and Blue” reveals that Lalo really has gone to Germany to investigate what Gus is up to. Instead of visiting Madrigal Electromotive, however, Lalo follows the one lead he has: Werner Ziegler.
On the "Better Call Saul Insider" podcast, Gould pointed out that Lalo previously referred to Jimmy as a cockroach on season five, noting that he's a survivor.