Daniel Espinoza was a Hispanic American CIA Agent sent to infiltrate the drug cartel of Gabriel Cazares who had taken over Isla Nublar by 2011. However, Espinoza was found out and then released into the jungle to be killed by either the dinosaurs or by Cazares' right hand man hunting him down. Espinoza fought back against the Cartel and worked alongside Frances White, an animal behaviorist who had lived amongst velociraptors for almost twenty years.
Espinoza served as the main protagonist of the non canon IDW Publishing comic book series Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games.
Background[]
Daniel Espinoza was an American of Hispanic heritage who in his adult life became an agent of the CIA. He operated in Latin American countries in order to investigate drug cartels which supplied various illegal drugs through the countries up into the United States. Three months prior to the events of the comic, Daniel arrived in Nicaragua with a female partner in the CIA to inform her on what he uncovered about Gabriel Cazares, a notorious Nicaraguan drug lord.
He revealed the names of Cazares' Mexican contacts but didn't know where the location of the fields where the drugs were grown. The woman revealed that Cazares had recently purchased Isla Nublar from the Costa Rican government. As the island was meant to be a sanctuary for the dinosaurs after the San Diego Incident, they suspected that Cazares paid someone off in the United Nations to allow the purchase. Espinoza revealed The two bid farewell as Espinoza headed off for his mission.
Dangerous Games[]
Espinoza worked in Cazares' cartel under the alias "Ricky" and seemed to have a camradre with several other drug runners. However, Cazares' U.N. contact sold out Espinoza and he was captured and brought to Isla Nublar. There, Espinoza was brought before Gabriel Cazares himself who had taken up residence in the abandoned Jurassic Park visitors center. Cazares explains his reasoning for purchasing Nublar due to being a "predator". He killed his enemies and grew stronger and became the most powerful drug lord. Now he rules an island of beasts.
Cazares has Espinoza let loose on the island to give him a fighting chance but that in 24 hours his right hand man, Tiburon, will come out to ensure Espinoza is hunted down. Espinoza is dropped into a river by Tiburon and given only a knife to defend himself. The agent explores through the jungle and makes it to a tree and takes a nap hoping no dinosaurs follow him, all the while something watches from afar.
By morning, Espinoza awakens alive and sees two Stegosaurus' pass by beneath him. Thinking they are friendly, he follows the two animals through the jungle as they make it to a watering hole where other species of dinosaur are. As Espinoza contemplates killing one of the animals for food, an unknown theropod appeared and attacked a Triceratops. A stampede occured and Espinoza fled through the jungle before coming across an injured Parasaurolophus. He then took advantage of the situation and killed it for food.
Espinoza is then ambushed by an Allosaurus that attempts to eat him. He falls back and is knocked unconcious while a pack of feathered velociraptors. Later, Espinoza woke up in a cave and was startled by the raptors only to be met by Frances White, a woman who has lived on Isla Nublar since the days of Jurassic Park and who raised the raptors.
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Trivia[]
- Espinoza speaks fluent Spanish as he infiltrates the Nicaraguan drug cartel and seems to primarily operate in Latin America.
- To what Hispanic group (country) Espinoza belongs or is descended from is never stated in the comics.