He loio ma ka ʻoihana, hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Valladolid i ka 1772. He ʻāpana ia o ka Crown Infantry Regiment me ke kūlana lieutenant.
Ma Jalapa ua launa ʻo ia me kahi hui nonconformists me ia i komo ai i ka kipi o Valladolid i ka makahiki 1809. Ua lawe pio ʻia ʻo ia, akā ua loaʻa i kona kūʻokoʻa, e ʻōlelo ana ʻo kāna pahuhopu ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke aupuni o New Spain iā Fernando VII.
Ke ʻike ka mana o ka viceregal i ka neʻe ʻana o Hidalgo, ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pio i San Juan de Ulúa a ma hope ua hoʻouna ʻia i Sepania, no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he mea weliweli no ka pacification o New Spain. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kūʻokoʻa ua hoʻi ʻo ia i Mekiko.
He hope ʻo ia no ka ʻAha Kānāwai Kānāwai a he lālā o ka luna me Miguel Domínguez (1822-1824) e pani i ka triumvirate i koho ʻole ʻia i ka wā e mālama ʻia ana nā koho balota o ka pelekikena. Ua komo ʻo ia i loko o ke kipaku ʻana iā Agustín de Iturbide, me ka nānā ʻole i ka Plan o Iguala a me ke kuʻikahi o Córdoba.
Ma ka mana o ka mana, ua koho ʻia ʻo Nicolás Bravo i Kuhina Plenipotentiary ma Pelekane Nui. Hele ʻo ia ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻĀkia Minor. He ʻāpana ia o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ʻAmelika i kāhea ʻia e Simón Bolívar ma Panama. Hana i ka Rutan Yorkino o ka Hoʻokele.
Hoʻolauna ʻo ia i ka kope ma Mekiko ma ke kanu ʻana i kekahi mau mea kanu i lawe ʻia mai Moka, ʻAlapia, kahi i hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻia ma kāna mahiʻai, kokoke i Uruapan, Michoacán. Ua make ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1852.
