In the episode, Jimmy McGill agrees to travel to the desert as a "bagman" to pick up the $7 million that will serve as bail money for Lalo Salamanca. While returning with the money, Jimmy finds himself in the middle of a shootout, where he is saved by
As revealed in "Bad Choice Road", Mike Ehrmantraut had a prior encounter with members of the gang. Juan Bolsa, a major lieutenant of the Cartel, hired them to steal Lalo Salamanca's bail money, which amounted to seven million dollars.
He wanted Lalo to stay in jail and be convicted. This would put Lalo behind bars for a very long time. Bolsa wanted Lalo out of the picture because Lalo had it out for Fring and Bolsa knew that Lalo would not stop until he got his satisfaction.
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.
It's been a while since I watched season 5 and I just remembered that Bolsa was the one who sent the men after Jimmy in the desert.
The unseen shooter was Mike Ehrmantraut, who was tracking Jimmy for Gus Fring. Mike finds his truck was also disabled in the shootout, so he places a still-shaken Jimmy and the money in Jimmy's car and begins driving back to Albuquerque. Jimmy's car soon breaks down.
Mike Ehrmantraut drives to the site where he committed the ice-cream truck robbery. Using information Nacho Varga provided, he finds the body of the Good Samaritan who was killed after freeing Ximenez Lecerda. He then makes an anonymous call and reports the location to the police. At home, Chuck McGill shares with Dr.
Up to this point, Gus is portrayed as the smartest person on the show, matched only by Walter White in Breaking Bad. In spite of this, Lalo is able to believably outmaneuver him at nearly every turn.
Because of the rivalry between Gus and Hector, Lalo becomes dedicated to disrupting Gus' legitimate restaurant business Los Pollos Hermanos and Lavandería Brillante, as well as his reputation with the cartel. Unlike his other rivals such as Walter White, Gus was highly fearful of Lalo due to his cunning and resilience.
After Bolsa and Gus visit Hector and promise him vengeance for Lalo's supposed death, Gus realizes from Hector's demeanor that Lalo is still alive. Now anticipating a revenge attack by Lalo, Gus has Mike arrange for around-the-clock guards for his home and businesses.
He is a high-ranked member of The Cartel as one of their co-founders along with his boss Don Eladio and Hector Salamanca. He also had a partnership with drug kingpin Gus Fring for a while before the latter betrayed and had him killed.
And, inevitably, it was Nacho who gave Gus a momentary scare by flipping the script. He chose not to run, not to be shot in the back, and instead seized Bolsa's gun and pulled the trigger himself. Respect.
Nacho flees as the assassins enter and kill most of Lalo's family and guards. Lalo kills all but one assassin and then tells him to call the middleman who arranged the attack and report that Lalo was killed. Lalo realizes Nacho has betrayed him and angrily strides away from his house.
She's undaunted. The woman has range. She even knows what kind of soaking bath cures a guy desiccated in the desert. So, Juan Bolsa was behind the attempted hijacking of Lalo's $7 million in bail cash.
Before he met Walt and Jesse, Saul had dealt with many other drug lords. For example, in Better Call Saul, he charged Lalo $100,000 just to pick up a stack of cash. By combining his legal income with the cuts he gets by making the wishes of gangsters come true, his net worth could easily sum up to the tens of millions.
Salamanca war. The police are still looking for Jimmy after his client, Lalo, paid a seven million dollars bail and fled the country.
Lalo outwitted and outsmarted Gus at every turn, but Gus prevailed with a lucky shot in the dark. Did you take comfort in the fact that Gus needed the Devil's luck to take down Lalo? Of course!
Then, being the brilliant man that he is, he also realizes what fellow brilliant man Lalo Salamanca's next move will be: to pay someone in Germany a visit. Sure enough, the final portion of “Black and Blue” reveals that Lalo really has gone to Germany to investigate what Gus is up to.
Nacho Varga (Michael Mando)
By season five, Nacho was a mole in the Salamanca organization, which is a very dangerous place to be. After being befriended by Lalo, Nacho filled Gus in on his rival's plans but ultimately wanted out of this tug-of-war between ruthless men as the intensity grew.
In Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8, Gus kills Lalo because he knows that, if he doesn't, his rival will take him out instead.
In the end, Lalo's only weakness – pride – was what allowed Gus to get the upper hand and finally kill Lalo in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8, "Point and Shoot." This isn't to say that Gus didn't suffer from the same weakness (he absolutely did), but Gus handled it differently, which is what made all the ...
Eduardo 'Lalo' Salamanca
Pretty much from the word go, Lalo cements himself as not only the smartest of the Salamanca family but as one of the best and most intelligent villains of either series also.
Instead, Gus orchestrated a scenario whereby the Salamancas kill Nacho themselves. The plan began when Mike sent Nacho to a specific motel. Fring then used the safe to point the Salamancas toward Nacho's location without drawing attention to himself as the true culprit.
When they refuse to pay him, Jimmy instructs Joey to keep his camera rolling and pointed at him. Jimmy drops a drumstick to the ground and, after confirming the owners refuse to pay, "slips" on the drumstick, falling flat on his back.
Better Call Saul killed one of its most beloved characters in notably lackluster fashion, and it mirrors another death from Breaking Bad. Better Call Saul Season 6, Episode 3, "Rock and Hard Place," featured the death of one of the show's most beloved characters: Ignacio "Nacho" Varga.