Maria LaGuerta

LaGuerta was very ambitious and politically driven. When she lost her job to Esmée Pascal, LaGuerta began sleeping with Pascal's fiancee Bertrand. Pascal began to become irrational, using department resources to investigate her fiancee and acting out erratically. Pascal was eventually replaced, at which point LaGuerta stopped sleeping with Bertrand. Interestingly, LaGuerta has some qualms about what she was doing; she refused to speak ill of Pascal to Captain Thomas Matthews, showing that she knew what she was doing was wrong and that she felt guilty about it.

She is very determined to maintain her position no matter the cost, such as blackmailing Captain Matthews into promoting her. She is also very manipulative, telling Matthews that she would help make the call girls case go away, but instead used Debra by having her dig information on the case that would connect back to Tom and sold him out to the board and had him forcibly put into retirement to gain his position. Even Debra commented on how that was a very low thing she did to Tom and Debra prompting her to ask "How do you sleep at night?!" to which LaGuerta replied "very nicely, knowing that from now on you will do as I say or I'll find someone who will." This shows that she is often more than willing to betray or use anyone to get what she wants, regardless of who she is close to.

Despite her manipulative nature, however, she often shows compassion, loyalty (especially for Sergeant Doakes) and has a strong regard for justice. For instance, when she gives defense attorney Ellen Wolf information that proves Chicky Hines innocent, even though she knows that this would strain relations between herself and her former lover, Miguel Prado. She comforts Debra when Joey Quinn was arrested for the murder of Stan Liddy (though later released because of Dexter), telling her to "have faith" and when she was feeling bad about how Travis got away, telling her she did a good job in trying to catch him. She did admit that.

cuban american

Maria’s costume includes a jacket, shirt, skirt, jewelry, and a pair of shoes. The Alberto Makali brand jacket (size 8) is made of nylon with a multicolor abstract print and a ruffled lapel. The buttons on the front and sleeves are decoratively styled with a floral design. The Linda Allard Ellen Tracy brand shirt (size M) is a tank-top made of a turquoise colored wool blend fabric. The David Meister brand skirt (size 8) is made of a rust colored silk blend fabric and is decorated with sequins. The skirt has a zip closure at the back of the waist. The jewelry consists of two necklaces and three bracelets. The first necklace is Rachel brand with a gold colored hoop ornament. The second is made of multiple gold colored hoops linked together with larger textured hoops at the base. The three gold colored bracelets are made of gold colored metal with faux diamond studs. The JLo brand high-heel shoes (size 9) are made of brown leather with cork soles. Paired with the costume is a production wardrobe tag labeled ‘Laguerta.’ The lot shows minor wear but remains in good condition.

Mid 40s

maria can often be controlling and passive aggressive, or even threatening but never loud, she’s nice and really calm and caring towards kids or teenagers, she’s only mean if your annoying.