Santana

Santana is part of the special group of beings called The Pillar Men.

Santana is, like his brethren, violent and aloof. He is discovered in a Mexican pyramid in 1938. He is then awakened and studied by a Nazi vampire study team in an underground base. The team, led by Major Rudolf von Stroheim conducts live human experiments with the Stone Mask in order to try to strengthen the Nazi Army. The team awakens Santana in an advanced isolation room fortified with steel plates, and conduct behavioral experiments on him. They soon find that Santana feeds on vampires and is able to absorb food from the surface of his body. The team then is shocked by Santana's escape from the isolation room. Santana breaks many of his own bones in order to squeeze himself into the 4-by-20 cm ventilation outlet of the room, and does all this at a speed faster than human eyes can perceive. The team shoots Santana with machine guns, only to find that Santana has learned their language and the mechanisms of their weapons from only minutes of contact.

Santana then easily disposes of the Nazis who disturbed his sleep, and even manages to stay alive after being attacked, exposed to sunlight, and blown up by Joseph Joestar. He is the only member of the Pillar Men to survive, and is possibly still alive throughout all of the arcs. However, it is possible that Joseph killed him with his vastly-improved Hamon power after returning to America.

Steel Ball Run
It is possible that the 'Santana Winds' blowing from Mexico at the start of Steel Ball Run are in homage to Santana, as well as a possible pun on the Santa Anna winds.

Trivia

 * Santana is the only one of the Pillar Men whose "past" or "true" name is unknown; he was nicknamed "Santana" by the Nazis who discovered him.