In his native Hasaragua, Guillermo Barrera served the secret police of his government as a savage interrogator, extracting confessions efficiency with blades and tools used for surgery. When the Marxist regime of Hasaragua fell, Barrera escaped the country and fled to America, before being executed by for the atrocities he committed. Adopting the name Brutale Barrera put his 'Surgical Skills' to use as a hired assassin. Brutale has been engaged by the criminal mastermind Blockbuster to kill Nightwing. |