Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Mekiko City i 1818. I ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne, luna hoʻomalu o ka hale wili a me ka hale hana palaoa o Molino del Rey, ua haʻalele ʻia ʻo ia i ka home ʻole, no laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo i loko o kahi hale kūʻai lole i ka makahiki 13.
Ma lalo o ke aʻo ʻana a Andrés Quintana Roo, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ma ke dute o Mekiko a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna aʻo ʻana ma Colegio de San Juan de Letrán. Hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kekahi mau mele i ka Kalena Galván a hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻoponopono o ka Gazette Kūlana me Anastasio Bustamante i pelekikena. Hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi ʻāpana o nā loiloi keaka: ʻo Fidel's Monday (kāna pseudonym, ma ka nūpepa ʻo El Siglo XIX). Hana pū ʻo ia me El Monitor Republicano a hoʻokumu me Ignacio Ramírez ka paʻi satirical Don Simplicio.
He hope ia o ka pāʻina liberal ma 15 mau manawa e like me ka ʻAha Kānāwai Kūloko o 1857 kahi i kū ai ʻo ia i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Puebla. He Kuhina Waiwai ʻo ia me Pelekikena Arista, Bustamante a me Juárez. Me nā manaʻo liberal hohonu e pale aku ʻo ia i ka Plan Ayutla.
Hōʻike ʻia kona kuko politika i loko o nā ʻano moʻomeheu Memories o kaʻu Times, kahi hana mai 1828 a 1853. Hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu o ka Mōʻaukala a me ka Economy Political ma ke Kulanui Koa. ʻO ke kiʻi maikaʻi loa no kona kūpaʻa a me ke aloha ʻāina, ua make ʻo ia ma Tacubaya i ka makahiki 79.
