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Long ago, a black horseman started to appear in the streets of Puebla. His appearance was extremely curious because he was dressed in a black suit with some gold and silver buttons. He was gallant with an elongated figure and an imposing posture. Also, he rode a peculiar horse with fur of the same color, with eyes that look like two balls of fire. No one could understand why someone so elegant had come to their lands, but the truth was that he was the devil's personal collector and had come to collect the fees of his master. Everything started in Tlaxcala just after the Spanish Independence. The black horseman (El Charro Negro in Spanish) was born into a very humble family, something he never accepted. He always hated to have his hands full of dirt because of his work and he could never achieve the riches he deserved. He felt he was destined to become the best of the best. The black horseman felt so bad that he had a very low status that he preferred to go without eating to collec...

Cigua was a very hard-working Honduran girl. She was alluring and everyone loved her. She lived in a rural area with her parents. She always helped her mother at home, especially washing clothes in a nearby river. When Cigua turned 15 years old, a young man fell in love with her. It was love at first sight. The boy belonged to a good and wealthy family from the same town. The boy without thinking twice went to ask for the girl's hand. Cigua's parents realized the boy belonged to a wealthy family and accepted his proposal. In the following days, they agreed on their marriage date and started to organize everything. Several months passed and the wedding day arrived. Once at the altar, the priest asked the new couple to give him their baptismal certificates (a mandatory requirement). The boy presented his one, but the girl did not have any. She was not baptized. The couple begged the priest with all their hearts, but they could not get married. He declined each and every single s...