Los Angeles, 1938. LAPD detective Tiago Vega and his partner, Lewis Michener, investigate a murder. While at City Hall, Tiagoโs activist brother Raul Vega battles with the fiery Councilman Charlton Townsend over the construction of Californiaโs first freeway. Meanwhile, Peter Craft, the head of the German-American Bun, meets Elsa, the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiagoโs mother Maria pleads with Santa Muerte to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode.