Luisa and Juan Pedro dream of something better than their dirt floor shack, so he and his young friend Felix head out on their mules for the faraway "city" of Insurgentes. Pulled in by scheming local politicians, wealthy tycoons, and fringe drug runners, the entire village of San Juanico falls in the line of fire between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

"San Juanico" is a riveting drama with a cast of lively characters from cattlemen, to cowboys and tough-as-nails women, all vying for survival in the romantic Baja desert.