Captain Vicente de Senta

De Santa is a captain in the Mexican Army, serving under Colonel Agustin Allende.

Information
Ambitious and unprincipled, de Santa knows that he is fighting a war, and he has to win as the rebels have placed a price on his head. He will do anything for the Army and kill anyone that tries to stop him. De Santa is portrayed as a cruel, abusive, and sadistic man. Regular he personally participates in the slaughter of civilians that support the rebels and willingly kidnaps women to satisfy the sexual appetite of his commander, Colonel Allende. He is also a vicious sycophant, who is not above sending competitors on suicide missions for personal gain; he even makes a man dig his own grave before shooting him. Despite Allende's abuse or perhaps because of it, De Santa seems to genuinely admire and look up to Allende, seeing him as a savior of the Mexican way of life.

History
De Santa works alongside Ryan Lee after his first visit to Escalera, sending him on various tasks, often times personally helping Ryan do these tasks. Ryan learns to dislike him, seeing how most of the tasks involve burning down innocent peoples' homes. Ryan also obviously hates the idea of a dictatorship, seeing how he fought against governmental control. De Santa tries having Ryan killed a few times, sending Ryan on many missions with incompetent soldiers against large armies of rebels.

Eventually, de Santa betrays Ryan by claiming that the Mexican Army has captured Daryl Dixon and Jacob, and insists they are being held in the church at Chuparosa. However, upon reaching said church, Ryan is knocked unconscious by a rifle butt to the head. Upon coming to, he is on the ground, his hands tied behind his back. As he is about to be executed, a lone bullet, fired by Abraham Reyes, whizzes through the air and prevents a seemingly imminent death. In the confusion, a large group of rebels attack, covering Ryan's escape. Rushing over to Reyes, Ryan has the ropes binding his wrists cut, and hurries back to get his weapons. Unfortunately, de Santa has escaped, and is running back to the safety of Escalera.

Lucy later explains that de Santa was sent to oversee a massacre in Sepulcro. She asks Lee to ride out with a group of rebels and finish him once and for all. Sure enough, Ryan (with the help of his rebel friends) quickly dispatches all the Mexican Army soldiers before beating de Santa to a bloody pulp. Under intense interrogation, the brutalized de Santa tells John that Daryl Dixon is hiding at Casa Madrugada. In the end, both Ryan and the head of the rebel team execute de Santa.

Captain De Santa's information about Casa Madrugada turns out to be a final lie, as only an ambush of Mexican soldiers awaited Lee.