El Graduado

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"Armando Ochoa" redirects here. For Bishop of El Paso, see Armando Xavier Ochoa.

Publication information
El Graduado
Cover to El Gato Negro #3 featuring El Graduado Pencils by Richard Dominguez, Color by Omar Mediano
Publisher	Azteca Productions
First appearance	El Gato Negro #1
Created by	Richard Dominguez
In story information
Alter ego	Armando Ochoa
Team affiliations	The Annulus
Abilities	Superb hand-to-hand combatant Skilled in use of bladed weapons Expert martial artist High intelligence Master tactician and strategist

El Graduado (The Graduate) is a fictional comic book villain and enemy of El Gato Negro created by Richard Dominguez.^[1]^[2] The character made his first appearance in El Gato Negro #1 in 1993, published by Azteca Productions. El Graduado's true identity is that of Armando Ochoa, having earned the nickname of El Graduado by graduating from a prestigious Ivy League University in the United States. Son of a successful businessman and drug-lord of South Texas, Armando vies to take his father's place and earn a seat in a criminal organization known as The Annulus.

1 Fictional character history
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Fictional character history

Armando is the son of Ignacio "Boss" Ochoa, a successful South Texas businessman, drug-lord and member of the criminal organization known as the Annulus. Boss Ochoa spared no expense on his son's education by sending him to the finest schools in the world. Armando attended a University in Bogotá where he developed a romantic relationship with fellow student Narcilina Montoya, with whom he later studied with in Harvard Law. Shortly after graduating, Armando traveled to the orient, where he studied in the most prestigious dojos and learned various martial art techniques. Desiring to replace his father as the prominent druglord in South Texas, Armando adopts the pseudonym of El Graduado, and makes a large drug-trafficking deal in the hope of earning a seat with the Annulus. After being foiled at every turn by El Gato Negro, he resolved to kill the vigilante or risk embarrassment. In a final confrontation with El Gato, the villain had the upper-hand until the arrival of the Texas Rangers. El Graduado attempted to flee the scene, only to inadvertently run in to Sheriff Bustamonte. Recognizing the last name to be that of a border patrolman brutally murdered by his henchmen months earlier, Ochoa decided to kill the Sheriff as well. El Gato Negro managed to intervene just in time and a final struggle ensued between the two. El Graduado was arrested, leaving his father to answer to the wrath of the Annulus.