An attempt to overthrow the head of the transport cartel brings Tokyo financier Miguel back to his Mexican hometown. A nightclub celebration turns tragic.
Miguel moves back to Ciudad Jimenez, where a near accident introduces him to a new friend. Chisca indulges in a risky lifestyle to forget a past trauma.
After Miguel returns to Mexico City, Epigmenio orders Tacho to kill him. Lamberto learns a terrible truth related to the death of his son 16 years ago.
Miguel, captured and enslaved by Jaramilo, is brutally tortured for information. He is electroshocked, waterboarded and beaten by the drug lord's soldiers.