Inthesecondfilmofthis17-filmseries(whiswasfollowedby"TheLoneRiderinGhostTown"andnotoneofthe1943filmsassomebodyseemstothink),TomCameronand"Fuzzy"Jones,runningfromaTexassheriff'sposse,onaframe-upcharge,disguisethemselvesandcrosstheRioGrandeintoMexico.TheMexicanRuralesarrestTomasbeingthenotoriousbandit,ElPuma,aschargedbyJarvis,butthetownmayor,Torres,anoldfriendofTom's,laughsattheideaandhasthemreleased.Later,atafiestaatTorres'hacienda,TomlearnsthatTorresisangryandobjectstohisson,Francisco,keepingcompanywithcantina-dancerRosalie,daughterofapeon,Pedro.TorresasksTomand"Fuzzy"to'kidnap'hissontokeephimawayfromRosalie,andtheydoandthenFranciscoisre-kidnappedforrealbytherealElPuma,andTomand"Fuzzy"havealotofexplainingtodotocleartheirnames,andonlyhaveabout30moreminutesofrunningtimetogetitdone.