Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Mérida (Yucatán) i ka makahiki 1787. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i kona kauhale a ma ke Kulanui o Mekiko kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia kona kēkelē laeoʻo loio.
Hoʻolahalaha kahi mea aloha i ka neʻe kipi i kona mau manaʻo ma nā nūpepa ʻo Semanario Patriota Americano a me El Ilustrador Americano. Ke kūkala ʻia nei ʻo ka National Constituent Assembly. Me ke koho ʻia ʻana i Undersecretary o nā pilina e Agustín de Iturbide, ua ʻaelike ʻokoʻa ʻo ia me ka ʻōnaehana emepaea o ka hope i hoʻopiʻi ʻia ai ʻo ia. Ke hāʻule ʻo Iturbide, komo ʻo ia i nā ʻaha kūkā aʻe. I ka manawa i pepehi ʻia ai ʻo Vicente Guerrero, hōʻike ʻo ia i kona huhū mai nā ʻaoʻao o ka nūpepa ʻo El Federalista, ua koho ʻo Valentín Gómez Farías iā ia i Kuhina Hoʻomalu ma 1833. Kākau ʻo ia i nā ʻatikala polikika ma El Correo de la Federación. Mahalo i kona ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ke akahai, ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi a hiki i kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 1851. He haku mele kaulana nō hoʻi ʻo ia a me ka pelekikena mua loa o ka Afteran Academy, i hoʻokumu ʻia i 1836.
