Los Pollos Hermanos

Los Pollos Hermanos is a fast food restaurant based in Albuquerque serving fried chicken and Mexican cuisine, with locations around the southwestern United States. The restaurant is also a front for Gustavo Fring's drug empire. Fring's drug empire reached its height after taking on Walter White as an employee, who proved himself capable of producing remarkably pure crystal meth, known as "blue sky" for its blue color. Shortly after taking on White, however, he started to seek a replacement, planning to eliminate Walter and replace him Gale Boetticher. Fring's plans are delayed when Walter's partner, Jesse Pinkman shoots and kills Boetticher. Fring later attempts a similar plot, planning to replace White with Pinkman. At the same time, Gus enters a conflict with a Mexican drug cartel led by Don Elario, the same man who murdered his close friend, Max, twenty-five years ago. Fring flies to Mexico, ostensibly to make peace with Elario, only to poison him, finally avenging Max after 25 years. Shortly after Gus returns from Mexico, Walter White orchestrates a plan with Hector "Tio" Salamanca to assassinate Gus using a bomb. Hector lures Gus into his nursing home by pretending to inform the DEA. Gus responds to this by personally, entering Hector's room, planning to poison him, however, Hector detonates the bomb, killing Gus by blowing off half of his face. After Fring's death, his drug empire collapses and the owner of Los Pollos Hermanos, Madrigal Electromotive, a German conglomerate, closes all franchise.