Malverde, el santo patrón

In 1910 Sinaloa, Mexico, bandit Jesús "Malverde" Juárez and his gang rob a traveling governor's coach, but one of their men is captured during the theft.

Jesús promises Isabel he'll rescue her brother, but it proves harder than he thought. The railroad bridge opening ceremony takes an unexpected turn.

Nazario and Jesús secretly visit the Aguilars for a reunion. After sending a telegraph to the president, the governor gives Quiñones good and bad news.

Jesús arranges a secret rendezvous with Isabel. Shortly after the governor departs to return home with his wife, Eleuterio is sent to eliminate him.

Jesús tells Isabel about his past. Nacho makes a new friend. The president learns of the assassination and decides to send someone to San Blas de Baca.

Quiñones demands Father Hilario stop the villagers from making a saint out of Malverde. Jesús secretly visits teacher Mathías to ask who he works for.

Chuyín attends school for the first time. Eleuterio presents Quiñones with an army of mercenaries. Vicente asks his father-in-law about land he owns.

An envoy delivers a request to Mathías. Quiñones seeks to make an ally of Vicente. Col. Luna arrives in San Blas de Baca and takes charge.

Jesús is asked to meet Pancho Villa. The governor's widow asks Luna if she can speak to him — alone. Luna's sister goes to confession at the church.

Jesús employs a way to test Luna's honesty, and sends a message to Isabel after learning of her plans to travel to the US.

Jesús befriends Lucrecia, introducing himself as "León." During Luna's speech, a heated argument erupts between Malverde's sympathizers and Quiñones.

Isabel asks Jesús to show her where he lives. Quiñones investigates Vicente's activities. Spies working for Eleuterio learn where Malverde is headed.

Quiñones offers Vicente a deal. Eleuterio and his men ambush Jesús. Secundino tells Father Hilario of a disturbing event he witnessed in Culiacán.

Luna and his sister pay a visit to the Aguilar home, where they're invited to stay for dinner. As planned, Jesús meets Pancho Villa in Chihuahua.

One of Villa's women tempts Jesús. An old flame of Ángeles returns to San Blas de Baca. Jesús dares to openly disagree with some of Villa's methods.

Güera makes a comment to Vicente that touches a nerve. Isabel gives Secundino love advice. One of Pancho Villa's colonels catches China's eye.

Luna is warned about invading Yoreme settlements. Fierro tries to rob gold from a mining company but Jesús beats him to it. Col. Amalio approaches China.

Valentina chooses between Jesús and Villa. Secundino tells Father Hilario he might have to help care for his father. Luna and his men arrive in Navojoa.

To lure Malverde, Luna harasses the Yoreme settlers in Navojoa. When Ramón confesses the Aguilar family business is suffering, Vicente offers to help.

Nacho secretly follows Chuyín, who delivers papers to Malverde. Mathías asks Isabel to help distribute copies of a manifesto he wrote against Quiñones.

Güera tells Vicente of her encounter with his wife. Jesús pays a visit to Gamboa. Nazario offers his father help in saving the family business.

Azalea encourages Lucrecia to take an interest in Mathías. Electricity comes to San Blas de Baca. Nacho eavesdrops at a party thrown by Quiñones.

Isabel confronts Jesús over his affair with Azalea. Nazario explains to Ángeles why he doesn't want a child. China springs a surprise on Amalio.

Anti-Quiñones flyers appear all over town. Nacho asks Jesús to teach him to fight. Father Hilario advises Secundino on how to approach Lucrecia.

Ángeles accidentally reveals a secret about her past to Güera. Luna orders a search of Mathías' school. Jesús challenges Eleuterio to a fight.

Isabel learns what Eleuterio did to her son. Mathías asks Luna if he may court Lucrecia. Secundino tells Father Hilario there's more to the rape story.

Lucrecia and Mathías spend time together, as do China and Amalio. After Eleuterio is brought back to town and interrogated, Vicente lashes out at him.

Nazario asks his father for advice. The gang finds a new home near town. Nacho asks Vicente if Eleuterio's claim about him and Güera is true.

Father Hilario gets an alarming message. While secretly visiting Lucrecia, Jesús is cornered by her brother. Desire overwhelms Mathías and Lucrecia.

Azalea pressures Isabel to reveal the true nature of her and Jesús' relationship. Jesús proposes to his gang a plan that would give them their freedom.

Jesús has a vision about Surem. Secundino attacks Mathías. Ángeles proposes a business idea to Isabel. Things heat up between China and Amalio.

Azalea begs Jesús to kill her husband. Vicente plots to ruin his wife's planned east-west route. Eleuterio stages a bank robbery and frames the Yoreme.

In the aftermath of the bank robbery, Surem's life hangs by a thread. Luna interrogates China and Amalio, who are accused of using false identities.

Secundino discovers Mathías and Lucrecia sharing a private moment of passion. Luna receives a telegram that officially sanctions Quiñones' army.

Azalea struggles to keep her husband from finding José and Surem. Isabel convinces Secundino to accept her help. Amalio reveals a big secret to China.

Vicente has a man-to-man talk with his son. Lucrecia asks Mathías to be her lover. China makes a sacrifice for Nazario that puts her in grave danger.

Mathías tells Luna what is intentions are toward Lucrecia. Azalea tries to distract her husband while José attempts to sneak Surem out of the hacienda.

Luna takes an interest in Ángeles. Vicente offers to act as the judge at China's upcoming trial. Secundino is told he can no longer become a priest.

Malverde tries to stop Amalio from leading his rebel army in a takeover of San Blas de Baca. Mathías begs Luna to make China's trial open to the public.

Malverde sets a plan in motion to rescue China and protect the townspeople from the rebels' imminent attack. Mathías' loyalty to the rebels is tested.

Isabel stands up to Amalio and his troops. Secundino is abducted. Lucrecia tries to seduce Mathías. Quiñones begins to doubt his wife is pregnant.

Quiñones overhears his wife instructing her maid to deliver a message to an unnamed man. Surem is summoned to treat Ramón, but encounters danger.

Surem warns Quiñones that a past transgression will be his downfall. Ramón asks to speak to his grandson. Amalio accuses Mathías of being a traitor.

Ramón makes a final request of his son-in-law, who in turn asks Ramón to sign over his land. Malverde helps Azalea to make a daring escape.

Azalea does what she must to escape from the hacienda. When Malverde hears about Ramón, he senses something isn't right. China answers Amalio's summons.

Jesús struggles to make sense of the visions and feelings he's experiencing. Amalio awakens to find a bedside note — and China gone. Luna steals a kiss.

Isabel finds evidence that leads her to suspect the worst of Secundino. Quiñones sends a painful message to Malverde. Luna discovers where Azalea is.

When Luna arrests Eleuterio, Quiñones declares war. Rosa tells Luna about her boss' abuses. Isabel delivers an emotionally stirring eulogy.

Luna gets another telegram, this time naming Vicente as San Blas' civil authority. The Yoreme give Surem a sendoff. Isabel arranges for Azalea's escape.

Vicente finds the train ticket to Veracruz. Güera is surprised by a new man's attentions. Lucrecia finally gets what she wants from Mathías.

Luna discovers what his sister and Mathías have been up to. Isabel races to the bandits' camp to warn Azalea. Vicente asks his wife for support.

Secundino continues to pursue Güera, who is later confronted by Vicente. José tells Isabel what her father's spirit revealed to him about his death.

Malverde senses a change in Nazario. Vicente teaches Nacho to look down on peasants. Isabel and Ángeles confide their regrets and dreams to each other.

News forces Mathías to choose between his cause and his wedding. José confronts Vicente over Ramón's death. Nacho tries to reconcile with Chuyin.

Vicente tells his wife that her father shared a last wish with him. Nazario proposes a plan to Ángeles. Zapata asks for Malverde's help with a heist.

When it comes time to finalize their deal, Quiñones springs a surprise on Vicente. Isabel tells Luna her suspicions about the land sale.

Isabel confronts Quiñones over the land sale. José infiltrates the labor camp and urges the Yoreme to escape. Father Hilario begins to behave strangely.

Quiñones convinces Lucrecia to spend more time with him. Another woman is seduced by Secundino. Luna learns a sensitive shipment will arrive very soon.

The town prepares for the train's arrival. Mathías finds out whose portrait Lucrecia is painting next, and what his freedom from Villa's army will cost.

Ángeles tells Isabel that Nacho deserves to know the truth about his father. Malverde plans the train robbery. Quiñones follows Rosa — to Luna's office.

Isabel finds an upsetting letter in her husband's dresser. Father Hilario has a premonition. José learns about Vicente's mysterious parents in the US.

José warns Isabel of Zapata's plans for the next day. Ángeles chooses between Nazario and Luna. Quiñones torments Rosa by preying on the other maids.

The bishop arrives, with Kari in his entourage, and comes face to face with Secundino. Behind his mother's back, Nacho sneaks onto the train.

Isabel rushes to Jesus' side, where her son insists on helping to save his life. Father Hilario stands up to the bishop. Mathías comes clean to Lucrecia.

The spirit of Surem guides Nacho in healing Jesús. Isabel tells her son who his biological father is. A showing of John Reed's film takes a sudden turn.

Secundino admits to Kari he's in love with another woman. Luna and Ángeles consummate their relationship. Vicente learns his wife told Nacho the truth.

Ángeles admits to Güera that her happiness is incomplete without Nazario. The bishop threatens to report Secundino if he doesn't hand over Kari.

Nacho begins to doubt Vicente's honesty. John Reed asks Luna to reconsider his loyalty to the president. Quiñones intercepts a telegram about Mathías.

Reed's film inadvertently gives Luna a clue to Malverde's whereabouts. Jesús foresees his own future. Seeking a new boss, Eleuterio approaches Vicente.

Luna confronts Malverde, but a snake interrupts. Vicente proposes a bold idea to Güera. Father Hilario tries to solve the wedding officiant problem.

Vicente's parents arrive in San Blas with a surprise. Despite his condition, Luna arrests Malverde. Passion reignites between China and Secundino.

Eleuterio rounds up a posse to hunt for Malverde. When Isabel's in-laws decide they'd rather stay at a hotel, their son makes Quiñones an offer.

When her own husband orders her arrest, Isabel goes on the run, leaving Secundino to face a tortuous interrogation. Quiñones preys on Vicente's mother.

Luna springs a surprise on Ángeles. When Jesús learns Quiñones is leaving for Spain, he realizes he can't let him escape without punishment.

Quiñones lures Vicente's mother to his bedroom. Malverde pays a visit to Juanelo at Vicente's store. Nazario considers sharing his life with a new woman.

China reunites with an injured Amalio. Lucrecia and Mathías' wedding day arrives. Malverde sets in motion his final plan to punish Quiñones.

Luna gets a summons by telegram. On the train to Veracruz, a mysterious woman catches Quiñones' eye. Vicente abuses his authority and arrests Mathías.

Güera takes her place as lady of the hacienda. Eleuterio carries out an order to stop Luna from reporting Vicente to Díaz. Jesús has another premonition.

When Isabel is locked up for trying to get her son back, Malverde leads a risky mission to rescue them both. Vicente shocks the town with his tyranny.

Jesús sacrifices his own freedom for that of Isabel, Nacho and Mathías. When Vicente orders him hanged, the townspeople come together to fight back.