Five year old Lupe, like many male children belonging to Mexico City's poor prostitutes, was abandoned by his mother and left to fend for himself on the streets! Lupe is found by the El Uniqos street urchin gang, consisting of young boys his age or a few years older than him. The gang takes him in and Lupe becomes a panhandler like them. Later, something terrible happens to poor Chucho and the gang is scared and has to try and figure out what to do!...