Gerardo Trujillo is the Páramo family’s lawyer, who helps Pedro forge legal documents in order to snatch up land in Comala. Along with the rest of the town’s middle class, Gerardo nearly leaves Comala during the Mexican Revolution. But Trujillo is forced to stay in town when Pedro Páramo refuses to cover his family’s debts to him. He feels humiliated and underappreciated, but he has no power to make Pedro act fairly.