Fabiola meets Cecilia, a charming woman from Ciudad Juárez, and falls in love. She decides to visit—unaware she is being lured into a human trafficking network. What begins as a hopeful journey turns into a deadly trap: she is deceived, abducted, and murdered in the desert. The story unfolds through Fabiola's posthumous inner monologue, gradually revealing the events leading to her disappearance and death.

Opuntia is a social horror short film completed within seven weeks, developed from concept to final execution. It follows Fabiola, a 23-year-old woman from Guadalajara who keeps her sexual orientation hidden and travels to meet Cecilia after connecting through a dating app.