In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes…

Traces over three generations an immigrant family’s trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s….

An ex-Green Beret visits one of his army buddies, and finds himself involved in his friend’s scheme to smuggle arms into a turbulent South American country.