As dedicated fans will likely remember, hints are dropped at various points that Gus has a significance prior to becoming the ABQ kingpin:
-Towards the end of season 4 of Breaking Bad, Gustavo's partner is murdered in a flashback scene. Don Eladio tells Gus that he, too, would be dead but for the fact that Eladio "knows who he is."
-In a BB season 3 flashback (the one where he almost drowns one of the cousins), Hector discusses Gus with another cartel operative. Hector says that he "doesn't care who Gus knows" and refers to him as "Big Generalisimo."
When Breaking Bad ended, these references almost seemed like a red herring. Gus is blown up and we're given no further insight into his secret identity.
Lydia's line to Mike towards the end of this BCS season leads me to believe that this plot line might be further developed. She says something like "you don't know him at all if you think a drug dealer is all that he is."
Here's my rough outline of a theory: Gus was a officer in the Chilean military during the Pinochet period. He used his position to award government contracts to Madrigal. The regime falls and Gus is forced to flee, but he retains his Madrigal contacts. He is thus valued by the cartel because Pollos Hermanos, as a subsidiary of Madrigal, can transform quickly into a regional powerhouse with Madrigal money backing their rapid expansion. Look at Hector's ice cream business by contrast -- if he suddenly expanded it to resemble Gus's Pollos Hermanos network, it would likely raise some serious red flags with the authorities.
Anyone else have any good ideas?
Submitted July 01, 2017 at 02:48AM by Joe_Masseria http://ift.tt/2uuEYNy
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