Javier Escuella is a recurring character in the Red Dead series, appearing as a central character and a tertiary antagonist in Red Dead Redemption , and as a major character in Red Dead Redemption 2.
In Redemption , with the addition of the Myths and Mavericks DLC pack, Escuella is also a multiplayer character model that may be selected in the "Revolution" section of the Outfitter. Javier's father was a drunkard who worked as a laborer on land owned by Agustin Allende's uncle.
When he was a boy, Escuella witnessed his uncle and four other men castrated and fed to pigs, because they suggested the villagers demand a fair wage. Eventually, Javier became a notorious bounty hunter and revolutionary, fighting against what he saw as a corrupt system. He ended up killing a powerful, high ranking army officer in Punta Orgullo over a woman he was in love with. Fearing that his loved ones would suffer if he remained in Mexico, Javier fled to America. However, he could not speak any English and ultimately became feeble and starved.
In , while attempting to steal some chickens, Javier came across Dutch van der Linde doing the same. They both laughed, and Dutch fed and clothed Javier, offering him a spot in the Van der Linde gang.
Escuella felt an immediate affinity with the gang and its ideals; he came to see the gang as his family and his true home, while especially idolising Dutch as a revolutionary paragon and becoming fiercely loyal to him.
