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.
Lalo outwitted and outsmarted Gus at every turn, but Gus prevailed with a lucky shot in the dark.
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.
It was Ignacio, he's the one,” before asking if Lalo was the reason they had kidnapped him. Although that was the only mention of Lalo in Breaking Bad, its hugely successful spin-off introduced him as one of the show's threatening villains.
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.
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.
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.
Lalo is one of many nephews of Hector Salamanca, an enforcer of Don Eladio Vuente's drug cartel. After Hector suffers a stroke, Lalo arrives from Mexico to help run the family drug operation in Albuquerque and takes a greater interest in the day-to-day details than Hector did.
Though Nacho never appears in Breaking Bad, Saul mentions him when Walter White and Jesse Pinkman kidnap and hold Saul at gunpoint to coerce him into representing Badger, who has been arrested for selling drugs. Believing Walt and Jesse were sent by Lalo he says in a panic, "It wasn't me, it was Ignacio!
Before he realizes whom his captors really are, Saul pleads, "It wasn't me, it was Ignacio. He's the one!" Following a spot of Spanish begging, he then asks, "Lalo didn't send you?" Thanks to Better Call Saul, audiences now know "Lalo" is Tony Dalton's Lalo Salamanca, and "Ignacio" is Nacho, played by Michael Mando.
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.
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.
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.
Lalo easily takes out the guards and could easily kill Gus immediately, but he makes a crucial mistake: he underestimates Gus.
Don Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca (c. 1960 - June 25th, 2004) is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Chuck McGill) of Better Call Saul, serving as the final antagonist of Season 4 and the main antagonist of Seasons 5 and 6. He also serves as a posthumous antagonist in Breaking Bad.
Tuco eventually traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico and worked alongside his uncle at his drug distribution business. He employed No-Doze, his brother-in-law Gonzo and Nacho Varga as his closet associates and lieutenants, and also employed a number of street-level dealers, including Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina.
Why did Nacho Varga kill himself? Nacho killed himself to protect his father and so that he could go out in his own terms. While Nacho may have gotten himself mixed up with the Salamanca cartel and Gus Fring during his time on Better Call Saul, his father, Manuel, leads an honest life running an upholstery shop.
During his stay in Italy, the Italian pronunciation of his Spanish name, Ignacio, led to the form Nacho and remained as a familiar way to address people named Ignacio. Since then, Jesuits are commonly called "nachos".
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.
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.
The boyfriend Gould is referring to is Max Arciniega (James Martinez), who Breaking Bad fans will remember as Gus' friend and business partner.
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.
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.