Lieutenant I (formerly Detective III) Julio Sanchez is a fictional character featured in TNT's The Closer and its follow-up series Major Crimes, portrayed by Raymond Cruz. Sanchez was a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department's Major Crimes Division. He is now a lieutenant with Los Angeles Police Department's Criminal Intelligence Division, accepting the promotion in "By Any Means", Part 4" Personal information Fluent in both Spanish and English, Julio is an expert on street gangs. He has a quick temper and often yells at suspects in the interrogation room. He also can be crude and chauvinistic, particularly in early seasons. Though constantly flirting with the younger women detectives, Sanchez wears a wedding band. He is very respectful of rank, almost always addressing superiors as "sir" or "ma'am". He has one brother who is dead, and another in prison after getting involved with gangs. In "Sanctuary City, Part 3," it’s revealed that Sanchez is a third generation American. In "Risk Assessment" of Major Crimes, Julio explains to Rusty Beck that he wanted to become a cop after his cat got murdered and he wanted to catch the killers. Julio tells Rusty he did eventually put the men away for attempted murder and rape and they got life in prison as they were on their third strike and shows great satisfaction at the result. In The Closer It seems at first that he is married, but in Brenda and Fritz's wedding video (season 4 episode "Double Blind"), he reveals that he has been a widower for six years. In season four episode "Sudden Death", Julio's brother Oscar is shot to death by a gang member on the sidewalk near his home because he was believed to be part of a rival gang. Once the case is closed, Julio confesses to Provenza that he had given his brother the hat that the killers mistook for a symbol of a rival gang affiliation which led to Oscar's death, upon which Julio breaks down crying. Later in the season ("Time Bomb"), Julio is shot three times by bullets intended for Provenza. Julio survives, after five surgeries and shoulder reconstruction, and is back on the force via Chief Johnson's recommendation in that season's "Good Faith". In season six episode "Help Wanted", Julio takes in the son of a serial rapist whose mother is in Mexico temporarily. Ruben is later reunited with his mother Maria Hernandez