Don Salvador, the town barber, is an undercover informant for the Vigilantes (Autodefense) civilian troops in the fight against the drug cartels. He will be the middleman for a key piece of information; protecting it will face him against retaliation and his own values.
Stranded on a desolate road, a man ventures into the unforgiving desert in search of help. As the scorching heat and relentless thirst take their toll, he begins to see mirages that blur the line between illusion and reality. The desert, like a living, breathing force, twists his perception, drawing him deeper into a maze of illusions that feel hauntingly real. As he fights to maintain his grip on reality, he realizes that the true danger may not be the desert itself, but the shadows it casts within his mind.
All forms of life need a matter, a sound or an image to exist in our human reality. Nahualli exists because someone believes in her or him, and it is thanks to those beliefs that they are effective.
Two very different families live in the village of Santa Lucía who are involved in a whirlwind of passion, pain, and revenge. The rivaling families are the Mendozas and the Alcocers.
Severiano Mendoza and Candela Santana are a rich and powerful marriage who live at the ranch, "Las Ánimas", along with their young son, Cristóbal. Roberta and Raymundo Alcocer also have a daughter named Alonza; however, they do not live with the same luxuries as the Mendoza family, which causes frustration and resentment in Roberta as nothing is enough to fill the inferiority complex that follows her like a shadow.