Finally out of the jungle and into the light, Guero, Madalena and Pablito brave the dangers of the road to Managua. They find shelter in a backstreet hotel, but when Madalena heads back to the street to change dollars for cordobas, fate once again intervenes.
Waking in a Sandanista prison, Guero is interrogated (polite version), and beaten unconscious. But a surprizing hand reaches out to help, and Guero finds himself cared for and catered to in the Managua compound of Don Mendez.
