Ramiro is a colleague and good friend of Alexis' father Alberto Lorenzo as well as an outstanding policeman. Unknown to Lorenzo's family Ramiro is also the head of a criminal syndicate composed of corrupt police officers and other lawless elements. He orders Alberto's death and that of his son Alvar when Alvaro discovers what happened to his father. He has also recently ordered the execution of Mona when the young reporter comes dangerously close to exposing him and his gang. He does not carry this out as the case of Alvaro is "solved" when he frames one of his men as the supposed murderer of Alvaro. The Kuumas want to know from Ramiro if they need to locate and retrieve Le-ar's body on Earth and he replies that Helen (Shanara) knows the location of the body. He makes the condition that he