Raúl Menéndez (Earth-5082)

"Opulence is sinful and we all pay for it... She was taken from me. Do you know what that feels like yet?... An American torched the warehouse for insurance money. 11000 dollars, that was the value they placed on her life. She was the reason for me to live. What about you, David? What drives you? Is it me?... Einstein once said the economic anarchy of capitalism is the real source of evil. Your father, and his people, took Josefina from me. Pues... tu papa esta muerto. Your father is dead. And his people... finished!"

- - Raúl Menéndez

Raúl Menéndez is a Nicaraguan terrorist, drug dealer and political activist who founded the terrorist group Cordis Die. An old nemesis of Alex Mason and Frank Woods, he was responsible for the hacking of U.S. drones worldwide and using them to attack cities through China to provoke a new Cold War, using the weakened situation of American agencies after the Third Echelon Conspiracy.

Biography
Raúl Menéndez was born on September 5th, 1963, on Nicaragua, the son of national drug dealer José Luíz Menendez and older brother of Josefina Menendez. He had a difficult and dangerous childhood, as he lived through the Nicaraguan Revolution. He witnessed firsthand the actions of the American-banked Contras against his own people, which led him to grow an intense hatred for the Western world. Following the 1972 earthquake on Nicaragua, the Menéndez family lost most of their money, including their home and any other goods. Six months later, Josefina was badly burned, disfigured and crippled in a devastating fire in a warehouse the siblings were hiding in. When Raúl though she died, he attempted to commit suicide by slitting his own throat, only to be stopped by a weakened, but living Josefina. The warehouse was burned by an American, its owner, to collect $11,000 in insurance fraud. This only helped Raúl to develop and fuel hatred against America.