Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad
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Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad is a violently unpredictable Mexican drug dealer and cartel lieutenant who serves as one of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman’s first major antagonists in the series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuco Salamanca in Better Call Saul | 1 |
| Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6331044 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad Context triple: [Raymond Cruz, televisionRole, Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad]
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A.
Todd Alquist in Breaking Bad
Todd Alquist is a seemingly polite but disturbingly remorseless criminal associate of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in the TV series Breaking Bad and its sequel film El Camino.
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B.
Walter White (fictional character)
Walter White is the main character of the television series "Breaking Bad," a high school chemistry teacher who transforms into a ruthless methamphetamine manufacturer.
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C.
Tuco
Tuco is a cunning, comically talkative Mexican bandit and one of the three central gunslingers in the classic Spaghetti Western film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
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D.
Javier Peña (Narcos character)
Javier Peña is a hard-driving, morally conflicted DEA agent in the TV series "Narcos," known for his relentless pursuit of Colombian drug cartels alongside his partner Steve Murphy.
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E.
Chuck McGill
Chuck McGill is a central character in the television series "Better Call Saul," known as Jimmy McGill’s brilliant but troubled older brother who suffers from a debilitating psychosomatic condition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad Target entity description: Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad is a violently unpredictable Mexican drug dealer and cartel lieutenant who serves as one of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman’s first major antagonists in the series.
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A.
Todd Alquist in Breaking Bad
Todd Alquist is a seemingly polite but disturbingly remorseless criminal associate of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in the TV series Breaking Bad and its sequel film El Camino.
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B.
Walter White (fictional character)
Walter White is the main character of the television series "Breaking Bad," a high school chemistry teacher who transforms into a ruthless methamphetamine manufacturer.
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C.
Tuco
Tuco is a cunning, comically talkative Mexican bandit and one of the three central gunslingers in the classic Spaghetti Western film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
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D.
Javier Peña (Narcos character)
Javier Peña is a hard-driving, morally conflicted DEA agent in the TV series "Narcos," known for his relentless pursuit of Colombian drug cartels alongside his partner Steve Murphy.
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E.
Chuck McGill
Chuck McGill is a central character in the television series "Better Call Saul," known as Jimmy McGill’s brilliant but troubled older brother who suffers from a debilitating psychosomatic condition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Juárez Cartel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salamanca drug organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Better Call Saul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Breaking Bad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Albuquerque, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
hot-tempered
ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ sadistic ⓘ unpredictable ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| criminalActivity |
assault
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| employer | Hector Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Hank Schrader
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jesse Pinkman NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Breaking Bad season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceEpisode | Crazy Handful of Nothin' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Breaking Bad franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Tuco Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Tuco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Hank Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| lastAppearance | Better Call Saul season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAppearanceEpisode | Nailed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
ⓘ
early-series villain ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| notableScene |
beats No-Doze to death in his office
ⓘ
is killed in a shootout with Hank Schrader ⓘ kidnaps Walter White and Jesse Pinkman to a desert hideout ⓘ snorts meth in front of Walter White ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartel lieutenant
ⓘ
drug dealer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Raymond Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Abuelita Salamanca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Eladio Vuente NERFINISHED ⓘ Hector Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Lalo Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonel Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Marco Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInBreakingBad | deceased ⓘ |
| usesDrug | methamphetamine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad Description of subject: Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad is a violently unpredictable Mexican drug dealer and cartel lieutenant who serves as one of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman’s first major antagonists in the series.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tuco Salamanca in Better Call Saul