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= Los Degolladores (The Executioners) = Los Degolladores (The Executioners) is a black-comedy play by Joe McLean. It premiered at the X Hispanic Theatre Festival in 2022. The story follows the lives of killer division in a South American war, who have been told to wait at camp after months of constant bloodshed. However, their innate desire for violence seeps through.

Synopsis
The play begins with Ángel exposing the predicament of the infantry, saying 'a man who kills must kill again'. The scene is fairly peaceful, as Ángel and Eco play cards. Bomba enters, angrily asking who took his coffee cup and interrogating his peers. Didi enters, drunk, trying to get someone to dance with him. Ángel offers to help Bomba find it, but Bomba is more interested in pestering characters, mainly Cruz and Flecha. Tensions rise, and Bomba says that he wants to kill all of the liars. Cruz fights back, telling Bomba to shut up. After some silence, Bomba draws a gun on Didi, who believes the gun is a kitten. Eco draws his gun on Bomba, saying that if Bomba kill Didi, he kills Bomba. After some contemplation, Bomba says 'I'm sorry. I couldn't resist', and shoots Didi, then Eco shoots Bomba. Eco tells Cruz to give him his letter to wipe the blood off of his hand, which Cruz denies as it is a letter to his wife. Eco says that 'she is maiden no more' and Cruz shoots Eco. Screaming at his dead body, Flecha shoots Cruz, saying 'I am going to make my own silence'. Ángel looks at the massacre and finds Bomba's mug in his own bunk, tragically saying 'He made it all up.'

Themes

 * Masculinity
 * Repression of Cruelty
 * Emasculation
 * False Justice