Tex Willer LU #192: Moctezuma
Landowner Diego Villalta rules the Mexican village of Moctezuma through fear. When he has Manuel Aribas’s daughter kidnapped, Tex steps in.
In Moctezuma, a small Mexican village near the Arizona border, the death of Don Victoriano Villalta changes life for the people who work his land. The old landowner treated them with consideration. His son, Diego Villalta, uses his inherited power to rob and starve them, sending armed men after anyone who stands up to him.
When Diego orders the kidnapping of Manuel Aribas’s daughter, Tex intervenes. He has to help the young woman in a village where Diego is accustomed to getting his way. The kidnapping shows how far a man can go when he controls both the land that people depend on and the men who carry out his orders.
Claudio Nizzi builds the story around what happens to a village when an estate passes from father to son. For Villalta, the kidnapping is another way to get what he wants. For Tex, it is a reason to confront a man who has long counted on frightened villagers keeping quiet.
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