While Mexico swims in the oil veins that were deeded to him by the Devil, a bureaucrat is thrown into a whirlwind of intrigue and international espionage where he discovers that the guts of the beast in charge are one and the same, and the evacuation conduit itself. : We are the shit of that monster. At the same time, a man and a woman discover that behind their passion there is a dark reality that drives them to disguise as action what is only hunger, suffering, desire.

Adaptación en forma de serie de televisión de la novela "La cabeza de la hidra" de Carlos Fuentes. Dividida en cuatro capítulos, esta serie de espías e intrigas políticas narra los intereses extranjeros que, a partir del descubrimiento del petróleo y uranio en México movilizan a la nación y a los personajes principales.