Lucas Hernandez

"Hahaha, you're talking about crime, the bads guys right...? That's not what I mean, capiche?"

- Lucas 2 Vito

Lucas Hernandez was a Capo in the Marina Family.

Bio
Lucas gained his position after entombing his predecessor in the foundation of the Culver Damn. He operates a slaughterhouse and Freddy's Bar on behalf of the Don of the family, Raul Marina. Lucas was involved in Marina's drug operation during Prohibition. As a member of a smuggling ring, he landed in the docks and spent several years in prison. After another arrest in 1964 he managed to escape. He also had two girlfriends, who were later found dead in unexplained circumstances. He later became a Capo in the family after he entombed his predecessor in the foundation of the Culver Dam.

Role in Mafia
He is first seen in "Murphy's Law", yelling at someone on the phone at Freddy's Bar while Vito Scaletta and Joe Clemenza are talking to Henry, Lucas then angrily orders Henry to do what is need to be done. He is next seen and formally introuced in The Buzzsaw, where he meets with Joe, Henry and Vito for dinner. He lets Vito and Joe in on the hit contract and then says after this they may be ready to take the next step of being accepted into the Marina crime family as long as they pay the "bill fee" which is $5,000.

Vito's jailtime
Joe contacted Lucas regarding Vito being arrested by the police due to his involvement in the heist at the Office of Price Administrator. Lucas informed Joe about the gas station worker who snitched on Vito and ordered Joe not to kill him. Joe later contacted Lucas and informed him about a chief witness, Hernandez suspected that it was Richie Mazza and ordered Joe to find and kill Mazza. Later, after Joe succeeded in killing Mazza, Lucas told Joe that they will get their lawyer Juan El Tiger in town for Vito; however, during the trial, Vito had no chance and was eventually sentenced to ten years in prison. Joe had a public outburst over this at Freddy's, nearly revealing his and Lucas's involvment in organized crime. Lucas became angry and put Joe on his hitlist. Luckily, when Henry was able to warn Joe just in time, Joe fled from NY and all ties between Joe, Vito, and Marina were cut off. Joe eventually became a trusted associate of the Falcone Family.

Death
In the mission Bacon n' Beans, Lucas is torturing Harvey "Beans" Epstein, Frankie the Micky, who is later killed, and Antonio Balsamo. When Vito arrives and disrupts the torture, Hernandez runs to hide, and Vito rescues Harvey and Tony. Using a cart, Vito and Tony break into Lucas's office where he is hiding, and is then severly beaten and knocked unconscious. The last we see of Lucas is when Tony is dragging him to the meat grinder promising him a slow, painful death, with the help of Harvey Beans.

Personality and traits
Always meticulously presented, Lucas tries to mask his crude nature with an air of sophistication, though his ignorance always shows through. He is a known sociopath, and fails to hide it effectively. He attended some of the family's more grim tasks at the Slaughterhouse, where his ruthless nature drove him up the ranks. He is also typically afraid of Raul, this is shown when Marina slaps him in The Buzzsaw.

Trivia

 * It is possible that Lucas usually represents the Marina Family on the Don's behalf because in one of Frankie Potts' files, he can be seen conversing with Frank Vinci and Leonardo da Vinci together in a photo.
 * He frequents the Cody's Hotel and Freddy's Bar.
 * New York's prostitutes see him as a vicious sadist.
 * He is known to visit the Cathouse.