Hānau ʻia ma Mekiko City i 1770. Ua hāmama nui ʻo ia me ka neʻe kipi no nā hana pono ʻole o ke aupuni viceregal.
Ma muli o kona mau manaʻo, ua lawe pio ʻia ʻo ia, akā ua pakele ʻo ia mai ka hale paʻahao a hui me Morelos ma Izúcar, Puebla, i Kēkēmapa 1811. Ua hōʻike koke ʻo ia i ke akamai nui no nā hana o ka pūʻali koa a me ka wiwo ʻole pilikino ikaika. Malaki iā Taxco a komo i ka pūnaewele o Cuautla. Ma ke kauoha a Morelos, ua haki ʻo ia i ka hoʻopuni e kiʻi i nā meaʻai no nā pūʻali koa akā ua koi ʻia e nā aliʻi aliʻi e hoʻi i Tlayacac. Hoʻi ʻo ia iā Izúcar me ke kumu o ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i nā pūʻali koa. Komo i ka lawe ʻana iā Oaxaca a hele i Tonalá e lanakila ana i nā aliʻi aliʻi (ʻApelila 1813).
Hoʻokipa ʻia ʻo ia me ka hanohano nui ma Oaxaca a hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia i Lieutenant General. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho no ke aʻo ʻana i nā koa kipi a me ka hana ʻana i ka pauda, a ma hope ua komo ʻo ia i loko o ka Mixteca e hōʻehaʻeha ana i nā mea make ma waena o nā aliʻi. Ua kāhea ʻo Morelos iā ia e lawe iā Valladolid, kahi hoʻouka kaua kahi i lanakila ai ʻo ia iā Iturbide lāua ʻo Llano. Ua kī ʻia ʻo ia i ka pā nui o Valladolid i Pepeluali 1814. Ma hope ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka inoa hanohano o Benemérito de las Patria.
