 Young Juan Diaz gives cemetery caretaker Alejandro 40 pesos to rent a burial plot. He soon falls fatally ill, and warns his wife, Maria, to not let Alejandro cheat her out of the two-year lease for which he paid. One year later, Alejandro asks Maria for more money, or he will disinter Juan s mummy and place it in the catacomb. Maria and her son Jorge sneak into the catacomb, and frighten Alejandro as they walk Juan s mummy out of the cemetery. Alejandro asks Ricardo, the Chief of Police and Maria s brother-in-law, to confiscate Juan s mummy from the Diaz home, but Ricardo refuses. Maria puts Juan s mummy on display as a tourist attraction.