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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
To expand, Max is Max Arciniega, the guy Hector Salamanca brained on Don Eladio's orders poolside at his hacienda while Gus was restrained and forced to watch. Max and Gus were longtime friends [possibly amorous]. They started the chicken AND meth business together after Gus paid for Max's education in biochemistry. Hector and Don were the big dogs with the cocaine and heroin routes who 'put Gus in his place' with his upstart meth racket.
That was the origin of the revenge and the war.
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I think there was a confirmation at some point that Max and Gus were lovers, and the way Gus has acted makes it seem as if Max was the love of his life.