The Mysterious Fate of The Vatos Explored | The Walking Dead Universe Lore

I don’t think it was Randal’s group because they had been doing a lot of traveling.

What if it was Pope and some of his first group of mercenaries? Headshots, and taking all the stuff. Sounds like them to me.

The deleted scene is technically from Season 1. They chose instead to end the season after the CDC

Dude clearly never seen Blood in Blood Out....Miklo

Merle could have easily taken them on. He was a one man army after Rick left him and devious enough to make his way in, use the old folks as leverage and take out the Vatos (whom were not trained Army Biker bada$$es) Merle is big and mean, along with being a true survivor (cuts his own hand off) who would see a chance to treat his wound and make a big score at the same time. He also could have bought his way into Woodbury with the score he made.

I always thought it was Grady Memorial because during the early days it was Hanson, not Dawn, who led them. The system they have in place, of kidnapping people in the form of salvation and putting them to work, is stated to have begun with Dawn. It was also stated that Hanson began to lose himself during the onset, which in turn could mean he could have killed The Vatos. Perhaps some of the "evil cops" (as not all the cops there were considered bad) such as Hanson, O'Donnell, Gorman, Alvarado (the only confirmed "Evil Cops", but there could have been more) went in there gun a blazing. Also, given that it was the start of the apocalypse, it's likely they had a ton of more cops on their side compared to how much they had when we meet them in the story. And given that these are a group of civilians guarding the elderly, (no pun intended) then their guard could have been down as maybe they decided to trust them at first before it all went to hell. Furthermore, a group of trained cops vs civilians, who are mostly relying on melee weapons need I add, wouldn't stand a chance. Furthermore, Dawn could have been there as well and that's what made her realize that Hanson is too far gone. And over time, it's possible that they lost all the guns that they acquired from the raid or they just weren't used/seen on the show, especially since the guns were not technically standard issues APD, which by the time we meet them in the show, Dawn would be against as she wanted everything to be in her idealic vision.

I always hoped they survived ,they were a nice bunch of good hearted kids 🌟💥💖

Maybe the CRM ?

I wonder what happened to the small dogs in the vatos gang, the dogs probably died or got out cuz i didn't think anyone though about the dogs there

Dave and Tony's group started in Philadelphia. Hard to believe they moved that quickly to Atl, found the Vatos and killed them.

Krazy 8 dead, this guys cooked

A rival gang did it, I remember reading years ago on a Reddit page there was supposed to be a scene of Rick Shane and Daryl having a shootout with gangbanger types after leaving the vatos compound in the deleted scene. Person who posted that was supposedly involved in the extras crew.

I think it was the National guard guys killed by the Governor.

Governor and his group killed these guys, it's the most logical. He was the only unhinged one with a large group near the area.

Can you please do the retirement home from season 4?

Morales did it

I always thought that eventually someone turned which they probably didn’t know that people turned no matter how they die. Then someone wanted to protect their family member who’d just turned and a mini war inside the nursing home breaks out and the one who left thought to execute any remaining now knowing they would all turn eventually. Idk? Just a thought.

The governor took them out

Don't forget Merle stole their van

Totally forgot about randals group. This sounds like a move Simon would do

The killing of that group sounds lije something Simon would do

Actually you are wrong The Governor was in Atlanta he even says that he found Merle on that rooftop

It’s highly likely The Governor’s group, Merle wasn’t far from Vatos hideout, where ever he went after getting out of cuffs, must have been where Governor’s group eventually went and found Merle, probably after raiding Vatos hideout.

Vato means guys in Mexican slang , it doesn’t exist in the Spanish language the word vato.

I never considered Randall's group! It's definitely plausible at least!

Nobody ever thought that it could have been the elders who might have died during the night? and turned into walkers, attacked the vatos gang while sleeping and other elderly people? And when things was getting out of control they couldnt get the rest of the old people out so they mercy killed them and ran off?

They lived and found a cure

i think whisperers killed em fr

As others have mentioned, it was the Governor who rescued Merle from Atlanta. Though Merle may have freed himself from the handcuffs and building top, missing a hand, he would have been ill-equipped to escape the city on his own. If we fast-forward to Season 3, when Daryl leaves the group and goes off with Merle, they come across a family whose car is surrounded by walkers. Daryl leads the charge to kill the walkers and save the family. But Merle's first instinct is to rob them and shoot them if they resist. The Vatos gang, when first encountered put up a false front of aggression to scare off would-be plunderers as seen when Rick's group comes to rescue Glenn. If they had tried this tactic with Merle, he'd have been quick to agress with no one to stop him. The Governor, seeing Merle's bold and effective methods, would have definitely backed up his new bad-ass one-handed friend, convincing him to keep Merle around as his Lieutenant until his later betrayal. Though it's quite possible Randall's group was responsible, Merle's short fuse could easily have been the catalyst to the Vatos' demise.

I think it was the guy that went into the bath in season 2

People forget that the Vatos probably never knew people that were not bit would still turn, also I doubt the governor did this as He was already in Woodbury by the time the farm fell, maybe the hospital group that kidnapped Beth did it but that is also a stretch, Merle possibly could've and might have also used the place to treat his severed hand, there's also the possibility of another group

I think it is the police officers who killed the elderly

It could have been the guys at the bar from season 2

Could be the saviours

That's why its a deleted scene. Its easy to forget when there is no explanation behind there deaths.

A deleted scene is NOT cannon 😊

Most of the dead in the scene that aren’t walkers are all around the same stages of decay and in the first bit you see a couple who seem like they were a part of the gang, I think there’s potential that one of the elderly died of natural causes and came back they had to be shot and then that either causes confusion and chaos within the home causing the elderly to freak out and try and escape or rebel or the gang to turn on each other after seeing family get killed causing the rest of them to start killing each other leading to the breakdown of the home and once the shots were heard the walkers came. Or they ran out of medication and realized there was no hope in the long run and instead of having their family suffer they put them down and the vatos either took what they could and fled or again turned on each other, or even potentially killed by walkers who heard the shots with only some escaping with supplies or the place being ransacked after the chaos

They could had Mutiny after some pannic over unbitten elderly turning among hordes in the area so they fought and mercy killed the elderly.

All we know when someone died they will be back again so why they didnt tuned to zombie?

I don't know. I don't get why you'd care about a bag of guns in the street. This is..... America dude. Nearly any and every building has a gun in it.

Im so pissed they didnt make it. If the hispanic guy with the family that left the group to go out on theier own could make it. Why not them. Their demise is such a waste. It'd be really dope if they showed up at some point like he did.

I always thought the governor did it. The time line would line up kinda.

I think that when the eldery people started dying, the Vatos got beat up from the inside by eldery walkers killing them

Or just some unnamed group...

This is a pretty late comment. But in one episode the governor says he found Merle bleeding out. and that means he was in Atlanta right. so it could have been him

Could it of been the savours?

Killing off the vatos was a monumentality bad decision! The walking dead has been making poor decisions for a long time. I wish I'd been at the round table with the writers. I would have vetoed that so quickly. And don't get me started on tales of the walking dead. So many stories that should've been explored. So many scenes that should be explained. At this point if they do a season 2 I don't trust them not to mess it up guess we'll see. I really want the pink room story.

Also Noah and Tyrese's deaths left a bad taste in my mouth. I'll never forget that they killed off 2 black characters during black history month .

the vatos where doing the paper of "rude gang members" like the ones we truly see in early seasons of fear the walking dead,but they where just good boys with modern street style, they where a easy target,no guns,no food,no medicines left? mmmm the where a HUGE group, man with the new guns,the supplys and food,yu think nobody do THAT thing? i mean,someone step on the others to take all and leave to have more for themselves ,and a fight start,walkers enter the recipe and ends in everyone who survive running to other survivor groups with all they can take,you telling me after we see worst of the people in this show,nobody in the group was just pretending still caring for the old ones,and just being there for the security,food,and other people until the time was right to take all they need from that? the guns they need,the food they like,the supplys they can use,the few people they like or use better for their own plans or trust?

The group that daryl was with after Beth was taken makes sense to me