San Juan Iglesias Analysis

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In two towns in Mexico there is a bitter rival. The two towns are Hildalgo and San Juan Iglesias. They are rivals because a famous man died in San Juan iglesias but was born in Hildalgo and San Juan has the remains of his body. A couple of Hildalgo men try to steal the bones from the man's grave and fail. There leader is named Pepe Gonzalez. Not long after this event a stranger came to San Juan Iglesias for a birthday party of a girl named Sarita. She is turning 18. The stranger brings a package to the party and Saritas dad greets the stranger and brings him into the house. He sets the package down and goes to dance. He sees Sarita and goes to dance with her while they are dancing he proposes to her. Soon after this someone opens the package

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