Crossing the Mixtec sierra on foot, Lito arrives at dawn in an Oaxacan town, where a hotel manager helps him hide, believing him to be an 'innocent' undocumented.

On their way back home from a baseball academy’s tryouts, Pedro and Lucio are taken hostage and turned over to a criminal group. The teenage friends are forced to fight each other to death; Pedro defeats Lucio and manages to escape. Pedro receives help and refuge with Lucio’s family and he witnesses the family’s collapse and pain. Pedro is tormented with guilt and fear, he cannot tell his friend’s family the truth.