The Alcazar family first appeared in Port Charles in 2002 with the arrival of Luis Alcazar. Luis was an arms dealer and head of the Alcazar mob family. Luis also had an obsession with Brenda Barrett, which made him an enemy of Sonny Corinthos and the Corinthos mob family. Luis died four months later after he was pushed off a high building by Alexis Davis, in revenge for setting an explosion, which killed Alexis' younger sister, Kristina Cassadine.