Nando attempts to bargain with the gypsy for a ride to Puebla, but when she refuses, Leo offers her their help free of charge.

Rupertino and Beatriz discover the theft and give chase, catching up to the pair on a bridge where they have already returned the charm to the old man.

The group reappears in El Charro Negro's domain, a sprawling agave field dominated by a luxurious hacienda.

Unable to locate Finado and Moribunda, the group advances to El Charro Negro's house.

Deep in El Charro Negro's home, the alebrije Evaristo is captured and confined to the same agave mill as Xochitl.

Meanwhile, Leo's group agrees to a deal with El Charro Negro: they will venture through his personal fair to retrieve four special objects.

Teodora and Nando find the Medallion of Miquiztli in the tent of a freak show attraction named the Caterpillar Woman, where they fail to answer her riddle ('what is something that is yours but that others use the most?')

They are successful, but Leo begins to experience discomfort and discovers that the short black life line has begun extending tendrils down his arm.

However, they are barred from entering by El Charro Negro once Leo is inside, revealing he has walked into a trap.

While all his friends convene outside the house and try to break in, Leo is confronted with a mirror that apparently holds an evil version of himself.

Outside, Leo's friends are distraught when he emerges wearing El Charro Negro's clothes and wielding the spirit's vast powers.

Nando manages to catch him off-guard, which allows Evaristo and Alebrije to fire Finado and Moribunda's pure energy into Leo.

After a parting kiss from Xochitl, Leo, Nando and Rupertino (who has scooped up as much of Beatriz's soul as he could into a gourd) leave for the mortal world.

Xochitl, Teodora, Don Andrés, the alebrijes and the two skull children then launch a combined attack against El Charro Negro.

Back amongst the living, Rupertino returns to his caravan and pours the scant contents of the gourd into Beatriz's mouth.

Unbeknownst to the San Juan family, Leo's ghostly friends all crown around the bakery's window, having apparently defeated El Charro Negro.

[6] In an interview with Proceso, director Alberto Rodríguez said that the company Ánima Estudios has been working on the Leyendas films for 10–15 years, leading up to Charo Negro, with the same team of "different abilities".

[11] "It's interesting how Leo San Juan, our main character, is going to deal with this dark and powerful force," said Rodríguez.

"[6] Alberto Rodríguez, who has also co-written the past installments (excluding Nahuala), has penned the script and story with David Israel.

"[12][13] Elías had previous voice-acting experience prior to Charro Negro, including that of the Spanish-dubbing versions of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and its sequel both produced by Sony Pictures Animation.

[12] Elías said his voice work experience in Charro Negro is "different" from his dubbing roles Meatballs films.

"I was flattering that they called me for this, [and] I really like that my daughters are part of something I do[;] not many times I can bring them to the movies and this can be seen," he said at the premiere at the Cinépolis Oasis Coyoacán theater.

"We looked for a lot of people, but he gave us that malice that we wanted to impregnate the character because [he] is evil, [and] is possessing the manipulative tone as a particular smirk that gives an ideal scorn to act.

[15] The film moved up to #2 behind Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, earning at least $24 million pesos (approx.

Eduardo España, the voice of Evaristo, said that he was "very happy" about the film's U.S. effort due to the empathy of the Hispanic viewers, and said that "values and roots are reinforced with humor and endearing stories.