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Armando Aretas is the (former) secondary antagonist of the 2020 film Bad Boys for Life, and the deuteragonist of its 2024 sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

He is the biological son of Mike Lowrey when his mother, Isabel Aretas had an affair with the detective. After discovering his relations to Mike, a heavily remorseful Armando seeks to redeem himself for his actions when his mother, Isabel lied to him. He allowed himself to be imprisoned to repay his debt to the society but was visited by his father, Mike.

He is portrayed by Jacob Scipio, who also played Galan in Expend4bles.

Biography[]

Bad Boys for Life[]

Armando Arms is working for his mother Isabel Aretas, who is a drug kingpin and killer, as her right hand man. He helped her to escape of a Mexican prison. Isabel sends him to Miami, asked him to recover a large sum of money that his father Benito had hidden, as well as to assassinate the people responsible for the arrest of his father and his death in prison.

Isabel demands that Armando kill Miami detective Mike Lowrey last. At the party celebrating the birth of Marcus's grandson, Mike is gunned down by Armando and left in a coma for months. Chastened by Isabel for targeting Mike first, Armando continues to murder other targets on his list during Mike's recovey.

After his recovery, Mike is determined to take revenge and tries without success to recruit Marcus now retired, causing a cold between them. Mike violently obtains the identity of a Booker Grassie arms dealer from an informer. Realizing that Mike will ignore orders not to investigate, Captain Howard reluctantly allows him to work with the tech team in charge, Advanced Miami Metro Operations (AMMO), led by Mike's ex-girlfriend, Lieutenant Rita Secada. While the team watches Grassie during an arms market, Mike determines that the buyers intend to kill Grassie and intervenes, but fails to save him. Later, Marcus is called by Carner Remy, a former intened who believes that the assassin is after him. Marcus contracts Mike and the pair go to Carver, but it is too late to save him. Armando escapes after a fight with Mike. Captain Howard later reveals his intention to also retire, offering Mike the advice he needs to find a path in life. He is brutally murdered by Armando a few moments later.

Armando arrives in a helicopter to rescue his partner Zway-Lo but kills him when he blocks Armando's ability to shoot his pursuer, Mike Lowrey. As he lines up a shot, Armando says to Mike Hasta el Fuego. Shots from his parter Marcus created a cover for Mike, who falls into the nearby river. AMMO is closed due to the failure of the operation.

In private, Mike reveals to Marcus that Armando could be his son. Before joining Marcus, Mike worked as an undercover agent in the Aretas carter where he met Isabel. They fell in love and intended to flee together, using Hasta el Fuego" as a secret slogan. Mike eventually remained loyal to the police, realizing how dangerous Isabel had become. Despite Mike's opposition, Marcus and AMMO join him in Mexico to confront her. A shooting ensues quickly between AMMO and the men of Isabel. Marcus shoots the pilot of Isabel's support helicopter, causing him to crash into the central hall and start a fire. Marcus confronts Isabel, while Mike tries to explain the truth to Armando. A fight begins between the two, but Mike refuses to fight back. Demanding the truth from his mother, she confirms to Armando that Mike is his father. Isabel inadvertently shoots Armando in the chest while aiming at Mike. Enraged, she tries to kill Mike, but Rita intervenes and shoots Isabel, sending her to fall into the flames below.

Some time later, Mike visits a remorseful Armando in prison, offering his son a chance to gain some redemption. Armando accepts.

Bad Boys Ride or Die[]

Armando was visited by Mike and Marcus in prison where they asked him if Captain Howard was ever involved with the cartels as he's being framed for being corrupted, which Armando revealed that Howard was investigating about those who are truly involved, and that his mother didn’t actually ordered Howard's death but someone else did.

While he was doing workout, some conspirators disguised themselves as prisoners in order to kill Armando, who defended himself from his attackers. Mike then requested that Armando should be transferred to Miami because he knows that Howard wasn’t corrupt. However, some mercenaries hijacked the helicopter and killed the pilot and some officers, this caused Mike, Marcus and Armando to escape, which they were branded as fugitives and Law Enforcement and criminals are after them.

The three were able to steal clothes and heads to Sugar Rush to look Tabitha to get equipment. She agrees to help them, but she betrays the trio for the bounty hunts before they are escorted out by a gang leader. Shortly, they are ambushed by Manny the Butcher, who plans to seek revenge on Mike specifically for beating him with a hammer. A shootout occurs between the three and the criminals that results with Manny's death and the trio escaping.

After arriving at Dorn's house, Mike, Marcus, Armando, with assistance from Dorn and Kelly, identified the man who ordered Howard's death as James McGrath, a former Army Ranger turned DEA agent. After realizing that McGrath captured both Christine, his father’s wife and Callie, who is the granddaughter of Howard, he offered to surrender himself to McGrath for their sake, which Mike refused.

After AMMO captures corrupt DA Adam Lockwood, who is McGrath's associate, Mike, Marcus, AMMO and Armando plan to use Lockwood as bait so they can rescue Christine and Callie at an abandoned alligator-themed amusement park in Cuba. Following a shootout, Armando rescued Callie from McGrath's men, which almost got himself killed. Callie opted to save his life as repayment for his heroic deeds. Judy Howard, who is Callie's mother and Howard’s daughter, wanted to kill Armando as vengeance for her father’s death at Armando's hands. Callie, however, convinced her mother to spare his life because he saved her, which she reluctantly did and allows him to escape. Mike then says goodbye to Armando before he leaves as he promised him to be a good man.

Notable Kills[]

Mexican Prison Guards

Lee Taglin

Unnamed Gangsters

Rodrigo Vargas

Jack Weber

Leon Sorensen

Carver Remy

Captain Conrad Howard

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