La Catrina: El Ultimo Secreto
La Catrina: El Ultimo Secreto is an educational show that is shown to students taking intermediate level Spanish classes.. The video, a sequel to La Catrina, was created by David Curland in 1997. La Catrina: El Ultimo Secreto starts out where the original La Catrina left off. Jamie, Carlos, Rogelio and more are back in an adventure when Don Silvestre tries to enact revenge from Jamie.
Summary
The story of La Catrina: El Ultimo Secreto begins with Jamie Gonzalez back in Los Angeles, AbOUT half a year after the original La Catrina. Jamie, worried that her boyfriend Carlos back in Queretaro, Mexico, is not writing to her, assumes that a mysterious coyote artifact sent to her is from Carlos. Along with her friend Rosie, Jamie goes on a foreign exchange program in Oaxaca and meets Carlos. To her dismay, Carlos denies sending the Coyote artifact.
Rosie, Jamie, and Carlos eventually find Benito Lopez, a local guide for the Oaxaca pyramids whose mother is head of the art institute. Señora Lopez works on deciphering the credibility of the Coyote, while Jamie, Carlos, Benito, and Rosie meet with Rogelio, a librarian assistant from Queretaro who knows about the secret possessions of Jamie's great grandmother, La Catrina.
Doña Josefa de Gonzalez, or La Catrina, was a very prominent figure during the Mexican Revolution. In the fictional series of La Catrina, she is noted for stealing money from the rich for the poor, in a Robin Hood type of fashion. In the original La Catrina, the mystery behind her estate, La Jacaranda, was revealed. Now, in La Catrina: El Ultimo Secreto, La Catrina's private getaway in Oaxaca, El Mesón de Jaguar, is believed to now be under the illegal art trafficking scene.
Chapter one: Jaime is afraid Carlos is not retuning her letters. Jaime goes to a cinco de mayo party with her friend. The friend returns home early after becoming angry at Jaime. Back in Mexico, Don Silvestre is plot revenge on his enemies. Carlos' restaurant is suffering as result of Don Silvestre's revenge. But Carlos now works for a volunteer organization to help the environment. Jaime receives a strange coyote figure from Mexico. She thinks it is from Carlos.
Chapter two: Jaime calls Carlos' restaurant to thank him for the coyote figure. But Carlos is away, and his parents do not believe the coyote is from him. Also, don Silvestre's revenge is explained better. Demeterio, the library guy, has been fired. And the bank will not lend money to the restaurant. Carlos returns to the restaurant and confirms that the coyote is not from him. Carlos goes to don Silvestre's office to ask for money. Once there, he discovers a mysterious message and doña Josefa's diary. In the dairy, she explains her dream of buying the Mesón del Jaguar. Back in LA, police pay Jaime a visit on a tip that she has illegal art. The coyote turns out to be the art they are after. Jaime decides to go to Oaxaca, Mexico with Rosie. They decided to hire a private detective to help locate where the coyote came from.
Chapter three: Rogelio, the creepy librarian from the show, has been hired by Jaime as the private detective. Rogelio manages to get Carlos to come with him to find the girls. Mean while, Jaime checks into her hotel with Rosie.
Jamie finds out that Carlos never sent the coyote artifact.