The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity

Los Santana —un político mediocre y arribista y su ambiciosa mujer Eleonora— se enfrentan a Fito Uzcanga —un poderoso cacique— por la posesión de tierras aptas para el turismo. En su lucha, Eleonora involucra al periodista Raymundo, su amigo desde los años estudiantiles, y denuncia arbitrariedades del cacique.