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Michael "Riz" Ariza was the former El Secretario, of the Mayans Motorcycle Club, Santo Padre charter and a major character on Mayans MC, a spinoff based on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. Played by American actor Antonio Jaramillo, Riz makes his debut in the series' premiere episode, "Perro/Oc", in season one; playing a recurring role throughout the same and following season, until "Itzam-Ye", where he meets his demise.

Appearance and Style[]

Riz stands at 6' tall and has hazel eyes. Riz takes great pride in his appearance, which is often joked about by other Santo Padre members. He has smooth black shoulder length hair and a short stubbly moustache and beard. Riz has a large tattoo of "Mark 9:35" on his left forearm and also a portrait of a native Indian. On his right forearm, he has some scripture. He also has a large detailed crucifix on his upper chest.

Riz frequently wears button up shirts of a variety of designs and colors with a white vest underneath, he wears black tapered jeans and black boots. Riz wears a variety of silver rings, a bullet on a necklace and two leather bracelets on either wrist, one is thin with silver stones embedded in it, whilst the other is large and plain.

Riz's kutte has little customisation, he opts to not wear any additional flashes, he has a patch of praying hands on the bottom, Taza has this same patch.

Season 1[]

"Perro/Oc"[]

We meet Riz, El Secretario of the Mayans as he is packing drugs in the dress factory along with Che "Taza" Romero, Angel Reyes, Johnny "Coco" Cruz, Hank "Tranq" Loza and Gilberto "Gilly" Lopez. Club Presidente, Obispo "Bishop" Losa comes in to check and is impressed with the profits the club are turning.

The club are on their run to deliver the dresses to Las Vegas when they are attacked on the road and their van overturns. Creeper, who was driving the truck manages to crawl out of the window and exchanges fire with the attackers but is shot. The club is held at gunpoint while the dresses are stolen. Riz, who was also in the front of the van is trapped by his seatbelt and is narrowly rescued by club Prospect, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes, before the truck explodes.

The club meet with Miguel Galindo, leader of the Galindo Cartel who the club do work for. They want to figure out who attacked their convoy and stole the drugs. Miguel threatens the club to bring the leader of the Base Town Tribe to him, who Bishop and EZ discover to be the perpetrators.

The club head in to Templo along with Marcus Alvarez, leader of the Mayans; to discuss moving in on the BTT and capturing their leader, Afa Lefiti. Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle, Club San Bernardino, ally MC will be at the location to assist the Mayans.

The club arrive at the cemetery where they are meeting Afa. Riz, is in a van holding the weapons. Hank, Bishop and Taza attempt to reason with him but he tells them to leave or be killed. Some BTT backup arrives and bullets begin flying; Riz backs the van up to help his brothers arm up and makes a call to SAMDINO who are on standby. The club are getting the upper hand and Afa attempts to leave but is cornered by SAMDINO. The club later attend the interrogation of Afa by Miguel and learn that Los Olvidados, a Mexican rebel group are who hired the BTT.

"Escorpión/Dzec"[]

The club are looking for a local gangster named Louie, member of the Dogwood Crew. They want to know if he has any information on Los Olvidados. They eventually track him down but he and his crew flee, the club give chase and he ends up flipping his car after going off road. Louie is unable to help the club further. The club then receive a call from Alvarez saying Galindo wants to meet them.

The club meet Galindo and learn that Los Olvidados have kidnapped his infant son, he asks the club to keep an eye out on their side of the border for anything.

The club joins Miguel as he interrogates a man who he believes saw who kidnapped his son. Angel feigns a call from Dogwood when Miguel threatens to hurt the man's son, telling Miguel that they have found the car he was looking for after EZ mentioned it's location earlier. They head to where the car is and realise it is useless. Nestor Oceteva, head of Miguel's security is also present but drives off swiftly, the club wonder where he is going but become concerned when they see dogs on the street. The dog's are from a nearby animal shelter which also helps drug addicts, they rush to it to find Nestor's men interrogating the owner. Sensing the tension, guns are drawn. Alvarez decides they should let out some overdue rivalry and a brawl between the cartel and the club breakout.

"Búho/Muwan"[]

The club set out to a Native American casino for business and then head in to a meeting between the Chinese and some other American distributors. Bishop states his mind and assures the others that the club will not lose product again. They all agree they have a deal and a toast is made to their partnership. Bishop quickly draws his gun and shoots Jimmy Yen, a member of the Chen Triad in the back of the head. Taza, Hank and Bishop explain that they knew all along from Galindo that Jimmy was a traitor but the Chinese will not kill one of their own so Galindo asked them to take care of him. They kept it between the three of them until the leader of the Chinese family confirmed the killing.

"Bat/Zotz"[]

The club are at Vicki's place, Vicki is Riz's aunt. They hear gunshots ringing out and speculate what it may be. Riz speaks to Vicki and learns it is Alice Reed and her organisation, they hunt and kill traffickers out in the desert.

The club pay a visit to Alice, who the club believe is responsible for the shootings. Alice denies involvement but a man that EZ recognises from jail gets him suspicious.

The club are leaving from Vicki's place to breach Alice's compound. They try to sneak in but are met with gunfire from Dennis Reed, Alice's son who runs off in to the night. Coco, Riz, Bishop, Hank and Taza clear the rest of the house, only to discover that everyone inside is dead. Angel, EZ and Gilly return and Angel lies about Dennis getting away when he in fact interrogated him before killing him.

"Uch/Opossum"[]

Creeper and Riz are at Vicki's when Gilly seemingly comes out on nowhere. He explains he is there to see Creeper, but the pair become suspicious when they don't see his bike and don't know how he got to Vicki. The trio later return to the clubhouse and everyone is happy to see Creeper back.

"Gato/Mis"[]

We learn from Hank that Taza and Riz have gone to Vegas to collect the Chinese product.

"Cucaracha/K'uruch"[]

The club attends Templo and Bishop announces to everyone that wasn't already aware that Miguel has been detained by border patrol. Their usual run will continue but Riz will stay behind.

Outside Templo, the club is surprised to see a young girl sitting at the table, Coco speaks up and announces that this is Leticia Cruz, his daughter, they all introduce themselves.

The rest of the club gather in Templo as a battered EZ arrives. During the run earlier they ran in to some heat and EZ took off from the cops allowing the rest to get away. Bishop scolds him for his recklessness and says if he does something like that again he is out. Riz leaves to go to Vicki's. We later see him bringing some immigrants in the tunnel under Vicki's, he opens the hatch and climbs out, only to be met by Bishop, Angel, Taza and Hank.

"Rata/Ch'o"[]

Bishop, Angel, Taza and Hank are grilling Riz for information on the tunnel. He explains that it's Vicki's and she helps people move from Mexico to the US. Bishop tells Riz that it is a club decision what happens to him and the tunnels.

At Templo, Bishop explains what Riz has been doing and Taza lays down the punishment. Riz will stay a full patch with all privileges but will lose his position as Secretary. The club will vote in a new Secretary and will start charging Vicki for the tunnel, taking 10% from smuggling immigrants and 10% from prostitution. Riz argues that that has nothing to do with the club but Hank shuts him down saying they will close Vicki's place altogether then. Furious, Riz leaves Templo. The vote passes unanimously.

Outside, Riz approaches to argue with Angel, he calls Angel a "bitch", saying he should've spoken to him before saying anything to Bishop. Coco and Gilly back Angel and say they all went to Bishop.

Later that night, Alvarez arrives and calls for another Templo meeting to explain the developments with Miguel, the law is coming down hard on him from every angle.

Angel and Riz also settle their differences in a fight while the club watch on, embracing afterwards.

"Serpiente/Chikchan"[]

The club head out to the casino to meet with Miguel for the first time since he was released from custody. They sit down and he begins explaining that he has signed a deal, similar to one that his father signed 10 years ago. He goes on to explain that while he was detained at the border he was approached by someone else and offered a deal, that person was Adelita, better known as Luisa. The club are astounded at what they are seeing and hearing. Luisa then addresses everyone in attendance and her and Miguel confirm they are no longer enemies but are in fact partners.

"Cuervo/Tz'ikb'uul"[]

At Templo, Alvarez is discussing what he talked about with Miguel the previous night, he believes in the partnership with Los Olvidados and the Galindo cartel. The club still needs to vote on a new gun running relationship with SAMCRO, who will supply the cartel through the Mayans. This one was not outlined in Miguel's deal and will be done under the radar. The vote passes unanimously.

Season 2[]

"Xbalanque"[]

The club sit at the table and the members who were out of the loop learn that the mission with Hobart's mercs didn't go to plan and Luisa could be in danger. Taza also announces that in response to their product skimming problem, the two suspect charters will be coming down and then they can find those responsible.

The club returns to Templo as the other charters arrive. Bishop explains the situation to Solis, Sahuarita Presidente and Ibarra, Tucson Presidente. EZ enters to point out which of the packages has been tampered with, it is revealed that it was from the Tucson charter. A Tucson Mayan, Ticker, reaches for a gun hidden in his boots when he is accused before being restrained and dragged away. Ibarra apologises and says that Ticker will be dealt with for his betrayal.

"Xaman-Ek"[]

Bishop, Taza, Hank, Coco, Riz and Alvarez assist in searching for Mini, Los Olvidados member who has gone missing, they ask local residents but are unable to locate her. They see the mercs arrive, who are presumably looking for Luisa and decide they should leave as their presence will arouse suspicion. As they leave by chance they run in to Mini and are able to escort her away as the mercs arrive, they return her to Vicki's place where Luisa is staying.

"Camazotz"[]

Creeper and Riz, who stayed in Santo Padre while the rest of the club headed up to Stockton, escort Alvarez so that he can speak with Luisa who is staying at Vicki's place. They seemingly later join the club in Stockton as they are present for the ride back.

"Lahun Chan"[]

The club are returning to Santo Padre after leaving Stockton, on the road they are pulled up on by the Swole Boys Motorcycle Club, a local MC in the area. Unbeknownst to them, Angel and EZ have already locked horns with the club. Hank reaches out to SAMCRO to try and find out what the deal is with the mystery club and why they are following them. The club depart and the Swole Boys follow. Riz is rammed and ends up falling from his bike, in return, Creeper, who is driving the van rams a Swole Boy and sends him tumbling down the highway also before donning a shotgun and scaring the rest of the crew away. The club ponder what one of the Swole Boys meant when he said it was "payback".

The club, along with Sons of Anarchy, San Bernardino, visit the Swole Boys clubhouse, a gym; looking for answers. They learn that the "payback" that was mentioned was Angel and EZ causing chaos the previous week. An injured Riz limps over, looking to get some payback of his own and shoots a Swole Boys member in the leg. The clubs mutually agree their beef is settled.

"Muluc"[]

The club learn that Alvarez has been captured and meet with Miguel and the cartel to discuss what happened. They figure that it could be Hobart on orders from Potter. An injured Nestor Octeva arrives with some crucial information that could help them in locating Alvarez. Alvarez gives Hobart some false information and is able to text a coded message to Bishop and Miguel, further narrowing the search for his whereabouts.

The club locate and assault the warehouse where Alvarez is being held and are able to rescue Alvarez with him finally finishing off the very dangerous Hobart.

"Tohil"[]

The table learns from Coco that he is trying to help Letty's friend, Gaby get her family back after they were taken hostage by the Vatos Malditos Motorcycle Club who help illegal immigrants cross the border and then demand huge sums of money. The club agree to step in when they hear the VM are on their turf. Taza seems to know a lot about how the VM operate and finally admits that he used to be part of their club. Once their new Presidente, El Palo was sworn in, the club began to deal in human trafficking. Bishop says they focus only on this until it is resolved.

The club head to Dogwood and are able to figure out where the stash house is. They breach it and save the occupants, but are unable to locate Gaby's mother and brother. They speak to the captives and learn where more hostages are being held.

The club make their way to the border where they find another VM safehouse. They breach and are able to save the hostages and kill all the VM members inside, they also find Gaby's family.

"Kukulkan"[]

The club are at the table and discuss meeting with SAMCRO to settle some gun business.

The club later attend the meeting with SAMCRO on tribal land, they are joined by Stockton, Yuma and Tempe Mayans. The charters sit down at the table and Philip "Chibs" Telford, SAMCRO President addresses them. He tells them that a recent port closure means that the Son's IRA contacts have no way to smuggle their guns to them. Chibs admits that he wants to partner with the Mayans to assist SAMCRO in their weapons trade. Chibs also mentions the VM are going to be joining them for the meeting soon and Santo Padre admit they had a recent run-in with the club. Allesandro "Domingo" Montez, Road Captain of SAMCRO tells Santo Padre that he knows El Palo and if he is willing to sit at the table then things can be resolved.

The club are celebrating their new partnership when their bikes are hit with molotovs, they head outside to investigate and are met with a rain of bullets, lead and fire rain in from the VM who are less than happy with their share of the deal. Gilly takes a bullet to the shoulder but fights on, a few members run back inside but are met by more VM members including El Palo who unload multiple rounds in to the torso of Riz; who collapses on the floor. Outside, Coco is caught by a stray molotov and his hair is set on fire, other members quickly rush to extinguish the blaze. Tribal members arrive and gun down a few VM with the rest retreating, Taza screams for an ambulance as Riz bleeds out.

"Itzam-Ye"[]

Creeper and Hank are sitting with Riz, he is critical and is in a coma. Bishop and Taza come to check on him, they learn that Riz is expected to live after his surgery went well.

Taza later returns when Creeper has left and kisses Riz on the head before asking him for forgiveness, he squeezes Riz's breathing tube until he suffocates and dies. An alarm sounds and doctors rush in and Taza stands aside and weeps, horrified at the act he has just committed.

Season 3[]

"Chapter the Last, Nothing More to Write"[]

Taza, beside himself with guilt finally admits to Bishop what he had done to Riz. He attempts to get Bishop to kill him for it but Bishop won't do it.

Season 4[]

"Death of the Virgin"[]

After the Mayans civil war, tribute is paid to brothers who died. Taza steps forward but a furious Bishop pushes him back, hissing "You don't get to say his name." he then steps forward himself and pays tribute to Riz.

Trivia[]

  • Riz is the first main character to die in the show.

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Appearances[]

Appearances-Logo-MayansMC Season 1 appearances
"Perro/Oc" "Escorpión/Dzec" "Búho/Muwan" "Bat/Zotz" "Uch/Opossum"
"Gato/Mis" "Cucaracha/K'uruch" "Rata/Ch'o" "Serpiente/Chikchan" "Cuervo/Tz'ikb'uul"
Appearances-Logo-MayansMC Season 2 appearances
"Xbalanque" "Xaman-Ek" "Camazotz" "Lahun Chan" "Xquic"
"Muluc" "Tohil" "Kukulkan" "Itzam-Ye" "Hunahpu"
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