A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
The task of some guerrillas is to try to foment the conscience among peasants of a town, but their attempts will be tragically restricted.
