Alejandro Herrera

Alejandro Herrera
Portrayed by	Shalim Ortiz
First appearance	Four Months Later
In-story stats
Known ability	Alejandro's ability
Gender
Home	Dominican Republic
Sibling	Maya (twin sister)

Alejandro and his twin sister Maya are on the run.

Character History

Graphic Novel:Maya y Alejandro

While riding with his sister on the back of a flatbed pickup truck, Alejandro explains to their driver that his sister is sick, and that he and his sister want to go to Brooklyn to get help. However, he learns the truck driver can only take them as far as San Cristobal.

Four Months Later

Alejandro and Maya are running from border patrol in a Honduran town. They finally lose them in a small home. Maya admits that she is too tired to keep running, but Alejandro reminds her that them stopping means people will die. He then says they will be in America soon and they will find the answers they need there.

After running a little more, the twins fix a deal with a man who will drive them close to the American border. The coyote says that Maya has to sit up front with him, but Alejandro demands that Maya stay next to him. Eventually, the coyote stops the car, gets out, and tells Alejandro to get out. He says that the deal was Maya sits up front and Alejandro in back, but Alejandro says that wasn't the deal and punches the driver. He then points a gun at Alejandro and then punches him back. Maya is taken with the others as Alejandro is left behind. He begins running after the truck to catch up with them.

Later, Alejandro finds the truck is stopped in the middle of the road. Everyone is dead with their eyes bleeding black. He finds Maya crying on the side of the truck and tells her that they'll come back later to bury everyone.

Lizards

Alejandro and Maya arrive at the home of Nidia, a family friend in Guatemala who also helps people cross the border into Mexico. While waiting for night to make the crossing, another woman waiting there claims to be a healer and tries to cure Maya. She appears to sense a terrible blackness inside Maya, pronounces her cursed, and refuses to be in a group with her crossing the border.

That night, they attempt the crossing into Mexico. When border guards start searching in the area, Maya and Nidia become separated from Alejandro. Distressed by the situation, Maya's eyes start to leak black fluid. She tells Nidia to run, but the border guide soon sheds black tears of her own and collapses. Alejandro catches up and comforts his sister. He holds Maya's hands, and the black tears on her face become clear, his own eyes becoming dark. His power also revives Nidia, who declares that Alejandro and Maya are evil and runs away.

Kindred

In Mexico, Alejandro tells Maya that she needs to rest. He breaks the window of a Cadillac to help Maya rest, but a police officer sees it. The officer chases the two down, and catches Alejandro and arrests him. He whispers to Maya to run. In jail, Alejandro sees his mugshot while being arrested. The cops pass by the mugshot, and Alejandro is put in a cell. A white man in the next cell tells him he "looks like ass" in English, but Alejandro tells him that he doesn't speak English.

Alejandro hears something going on in the police station, and the white man in the next cell's eyes turn black and collapses, and Alejandro calls out to Maya. She arrives at his cell, black tears streaming from her eyes. Alejandro notes that she killed the police. Maya mentions that she couldn't leave him, and unlocks the cell. He holds her hands, and his eyes fill with darkness as the darkness leaves her face. The people in the precinct begin to awaken, but the twins begin to leave. The white man asks for them to take him too, and tells them that he has a car, and will take them. They leave in a Nissan Rogue with a "Conquistadors" logo on his bumper.

The Kindness of Strangers

In Mexico, Derek, Maya and Alejandro are driving. Maya asks Derek if he can take them to America, but he tells them about the problems at the border. Derek stops the car and finds Sylar in the middle of the road. While driving, Sylar claims he's been robbed and has been walking for three days. Alejandro, unable to speak English, relies on his sister's translations of her conversation with Sylar about where they are going. Maya tells Sylar that she and Alejandro are going there, and shows Sylar Chandra's book.

Later, Alejandro wonders to Maya what is taking Sylar and Derek so long during a pit stop when Sylar returns. Sylar asks Maya if it is them on the mugshot, and Alejandro tells her to say no, but she tries to explain the situation to Sylar. Sylar tells them that Derek is calling the police, and Maya's eyes go black, and Sylar feels its effects. Alejandro uses his ability to reverse it, and Sylar realizes they both have abilities. Sylar decides to drive without Derek, as Derek is dead by the phone, having been killed by a blow to the head with a brick.

The Line

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Powers

Alejandro is able to use his power to suppress and counteract the effect of Maya's fatal ability.

Notes

• Press releases have placed Maya and Alejandro in their mid-20s.

See Also

• For images of Alejandro, see Images of Alejandro Herrera.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Alejandro Herrera for fan-created theories and other speculation.