 Fiero is hired to assassinate the newly-elected civilian president of San Pedro. His employers are a group of generals, threatened by the liberal sympathies of the new president-elect. The generals, having killed Fiero s father years ago, trick Fiero into thinking he is working for the leftist People s Party. Meanwhile, a CIA agent is sent stop to the assassination. It s a race against time as the agent must stop the HOUR OF THE ASSASSIN.