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Armadillo (MCU)

The Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez)

Antonio Rodriguez was a member of a S.H.I.E.L.D. strike team operating in Texas known as the Rangers. He joined the paramilitary espionage organization to use their health benefits to help out his sick wife, Maria; however, during the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War, Antonio's entire team was ambushed by HYDRA agents led by the treacherous Hamilton Slade and wiped out in a shoot-out, leaving Antonio as the sole survivor to be captured and taken to Doctor Karl Malus of the Miracle Project for genetic enhancement. To ensure Antonio's cooperation throughout the procedure, Malus brainwashed the SHIELD agent through the Faustus Method to become loyal to HYDRA, then kept him in line with the threat of Maria's life in his hands. From there, Antonio was injected with armadillo Cross-Species DNA and bonded to a techno-organic arc-reactor powered armor to contain his mutated form. The newly enhanced Armadillo has since gone on to become an elite brute in service to Colonel Helmut Zemo's Masters Initiative with the secret hope of curing his condition once the Avengers are dealt with.

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