Camino Del Rio, commonly referred to as "Del" by Marty Byrde, is the opening antagonist of the Netflix series, Ozark, serving as the main antagonist in Season 1 and the posthumous overarching antagonist of Season 2. He was portrayed by Esai Morales.
About[]
Del was a ruthless Navarro drug cartel lieutenant for whom Marty laundered money. He kills Bruce Liddell and frequently threatens Marty. According to FBI he was few top level lieutenant without criminal record so Navarro cartel used him to go to USA and back.
He was also excellent negotiator since he was able to get Byrde to launder Navarro Cartel money despite it was a high risk job and showed that skill many times before his demise. He worked for Omar Navarro. Del also had a personal henchman named Garcia who frequently checked on the Byrdes. After his death, Del would check on what happened eventually leading to his death from the Snells.
Del was killed in the final episode of season 1, The Toll, after he called Darlene a "redneck".
Season 1
Episode 1: Bruce calls Marty to one of Del’s offices where Del is interrogating Bruce, the Hansons, And Bruce’s wife. Appearing friendly, Del unexpectedly asks Marty where his 5 million dollars is. After excusing Bruce's wife to go to the bathroom, Del begins telling the others a story about his aunt Carlotta After Marty isn’t convinced Del outright kills Bruce’s wife and takes everyone out back for execution. Turns out it wasn’t 5 million but 8, after hearing this the Hansons and Bruce are killed. After Marty convinces Del he can give 8 million back and launder more at The Lake of the Ozarks, Marty is given a second chance. Even further more, later Del tells Marty that he didn’t know about any money missing, and was just “fishing” leading to Bruce’s confession.
Episode 4: Del calls Marty to check on everything and how it’s going at the Ozark. When Marty says he doesn’t have the money yet, Del threatens to kill his whole family over the phone.
Episode 8: Flashback years prior, Del is introduced to Marty as a man with numbers. He talks to Marty and Bruce for help financially, and even takes Marty, Wendy, and Bruce’s family out for dinner, and plays golf with them. After Marty agrees to work with Del, Bruces agrees as well, and they both meet up at a bar with Del. Del then kills one of his advisors in front of them, showing what they got themselves in.
Episode 10: In the season finale, Del arrives at The Blue Cat Lodge. He meets Rachel, where she is almost caught stealing the drug money right in front of Del. Del leaves Rachel and walks towards his SUV where Agent Petty is watching him. Following him, Petty gets the SUV’s license plate. Del then goes to Marty’s house,
demanding to know where Garcia is, he removes his toenails. After telling him about a plan, the both of them go to the Snells where they discuss business. Marty talks about a casino operation, where it will both benefit the cartel and the snells. After Del likes the plan, he lets Garcia go, and decides to think about the future. However, Del then starts musing on how Marty was the only one who could convince him to partner with 'rednecks'. Offended, Darlene suddenly shoots Del in the head with a shotgun, while Jacob killed his bodyguard. Del's head was shown to be split in half by the impact of the shot. This kickstarts Helen’s appearance.
Appearances[]
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
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Trivia[]
- Del worked in his father's store for six years.
- Del speaks Spanish fluently.
- Drives an El Camino.
- Del seems to like Marty as Omar seems to like Wendy.
Quotes[]
Integrity, my friend, is the shield to greed and vanity
Del
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