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Edward Salinas
First Appearance Last Appearance Crazy Border Crossing!! Prom: It's To Die For - Part 1
Character information
Age	Over 37
Portrayed by	Jos Viramontes
Videos with Edward Salinas

Edward Salinas is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, as well as a candidate for US Congress in an unknown California Congressional District. He has recently been seen trying to take up Michelle Clore's offer of ascension by killing a member of the TAAG.

Background

Salinas was born to Mexican immigrants in East Los Angeles and managed to rise from poverty to put himself through college by 18, being honored as a National Merit Scholar. He went on to graduate UCLA Law summa cum laude. Directly following law school, Salinas became the Assistant District Attorney for the LA prosecutor's office, and was the LA District Attorney between the years of 1989 and 1993.

Salinas's campaign poster

On the LA City Council, Salinas was appointed chair of the Urban Health Advisory Committee, and expanded medical facilities to the poorest regions of Los Angeles. He also introduced the LA County Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth in 1994. Salinas is vocal about universal health care and national education, wishing to eradicate poverty and make life better for every citizen. He has a wife, Mira, and two daughters, and recently announced his candidacy as a Democratic candidate for US Congress in his local California district. Salinas appears to be generating a buzz around himself with his campaign slogan to "Build a Stronger Community."

Out of the public spotlight, Salinas went in a Secret Service car to where Jonas and Steve were meeting the rest of the gang at the Mexico/US border and shot Steve in the arm, following Michelle Clore's promise of ascension in exchange for the death of a TAAG member. Salinas has hacked into Daniel's computer with a video message that he will hunt down TAAG and "will ascend to higher office", a play on words since Salinas is both a candidate for Congress and is attempting to become an Elder. TAAG and Steve later attempt to kidnap Salinas at one of his fund raisers, but the attempt failed as Steve hesitated before he was to strike Salinas over the head with a tire iron. Salinas is known to be friends with Lucy, indicating that he is most likely a high member within the Hymn of One.

TAAG decide to infiltrate the Salinas campaign by sending Jennie in as a volunteer named Lisa Goodwin. On her first day, Jennie is caught off-guard when Salinas visits the campaign office, which he had not done before. Jennie believes that she wasn't spotted, but doesn't remain relieved for long as she is assigned to write up a policy brief on health care and pregnant mothers living in LA by 6AM the next morning. Believing that the brief will expose her, she plans to leave the campaign, only to find out that her superiors were impressed by her work, and that Salinas wanted to meet her. However, this turned out to be a ruse made by Elizabeth Avery as a way to contact TAAG.

Jennie departs from the campaign in Order to help locate Emma, who has been targeted by the Order, but continues to keep tabs on Salinas's activities. She discovers that he has found a way to "ascend to a higher office" soon through a post on his website. It is soon revealed that Salinas had captured Carl and was using him as bait to lure a member of TAAG into a trap so he could kill him and become an Elder. However, his plan backfires when Emma comes to rescue Carl instead, and successfully rescues him by reminding Salinas that he would anger the Order if he harmed her.

See Also

• Assassins

External Links

• EdwardSalinas.com