Herod's Law

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors ******inated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while ***ociating with an unscrupulous ***ortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.