His friends Jovani and Quintin show up from their victorious triumph at the Battle of Puebla on 5-5-1862 known as the battle of cinco de mayo. He must leave Bendita behind while moving back to his parent’s home in a hacienda in Puebla. Cortez cannot find a job other than being a soldier once again. She will not marry him unless he can find a job to support her and her grandparents. There he meets a lovely teen girl named Bendita who catches his eye. Cortez plans to surrender and take the offer of amnesty that President Benito Pablo Juárez García is offering the conservatives who lay down their arms.Īfter signing the amnesty offer, he travels to Mexico City to look for a job. The liberal side led by President Benito Pablo Juárez García has the support of the United States of America in the Reform War against the Mexican conservatives. The liberals have won in the Mexican Reform War. He is the smartest person in the group and realizes that the fight is over. Corporal Cortez is tired of the horrible life that he is leading in the mountains of Queretaro, Mexico with the rest of the Mexican conservative troops.
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