El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

After divorcing La Tetona Mendoza, Santos is struggling with depression and needs a purpose. He launches a campaign to assist the Sahuayo Zombies, which unexpectedly becomes a lucrative business that exploits him financially.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes establish Santos's emotional vulnerability following his divorce, making him susceptible to finding meaning in helping others.

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• sahuayo zombies
• depression
• divorce
• motivation

The business venture that starts as charity becomes profitable for others while Santos is being used. The exact nature of exploitation isn't specified in available data, but it turns from a helping mission into something that benefits other parties more than him.

• exploitation
• business
• zombies
• money

When the zombie plague erupts and threatens the world, Santos reaches a desperate conclusion that eliminating the entire population might be the only solution to stop the spread.

Foreshadowing: The desperate measure reflects Santos's mental state and the escalating severity of the plague crisis.

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• population
• elimination
• zombie plague
• desperation

The Peyote Murderer is a mysterious figure who intervenes to eradicate the zombies. Despite the violent name, this character becomes an unlikely ally in the film's later events.

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• character
• mysterious

The Peyote Murderer intervenes to eradicate the zombies, likely viewing their elimination as a necessary step to save humanity from the plague, though the character's true motivations remain ambiguous given the complex narrative.

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• zombies
• eradication
• motive

After the Peyote Murderer eradicates the zombies, the resulting world proves even more dire than before. This twist suggests that the elimination created new problems, possibly ecological, social, or political, that make the post-plague world worse than during the zombie outbreak itself.

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• worse
• zombies
• aftermath
• consequence

Facing a world made even more dire by their previous actions, Santos and the Peyote Murderer must work together. Their collaboration represents an unlikely partnership between the depressed former fighter and the mysterious killer, both realizing their individual solutions failed.

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• peyote murderer
• collaboration
• partnership
• restore humanity

The ending involves Santos and the Peyote Murderer collaborating to restore humanity, suggesting they work together to reverse whatever catastrophic consequences followed the zombie eradication and rebuild some form of civilization or normal society.

• restore humanity
• ending
• resolution
• hope

La Tetona Mendoza is Santos's ex-wife, a wild female fighter. The provided data doesn't detail her fate or role after the divorce, but her separation from Santos is the catalyst for his depression and subsequent involvement with the zombies.

Foreshadowing: The divorce is mentioned as the inciting event that leaves Santos struggling with depression.

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• ex-wife
• divorce
• character

Pacheco likely refers to a fighting style or gym in the context of Mexican wrestling/lucha libre culture. Santos is described as a pacheco fighter, suggesting he is a professional wrestler or martial artist with a specific background.

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• wrestling
• fighting style
• santos

Santos is struggling with depression primarily due to his recent divorce from La Tetona Mendoza. The wild female fighter's separation leaves him emotionally devastated and searching for a new purpose in life.

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• depression
• divorce
• emotional state
• motivation