Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Anastasio Bustamante ma Jiquilpan, Michoacán i ka makahiki 1780. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke Kulanui ʻo Mining a noho ma San Luis Potosí.
Ua hui pū ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa aliʻi ma lalo o ke kauoha a Calleja e kiʻi ana i ke kūlana o ka lutanela. Hoʻopili ʻo ia i ka Plan of Iguala a loaʻa koke iā ia ka hilinaʻi o Iturbide. Ma hope ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i lālā o ka Papa Kūlana Kūloko o ke Aupuni a me Kāpena General o nā panalāʻau hikina a me Komohana. Ma 1829 ua lilo ʻo ia i hope pelekikena ma ke kauoha a Guerrero, nāna i hoʻokahuli i hope koke iho o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Plan o Jalapa. Hāʻawi i ke kauoha o ka luna i pelekikena hope mai Ianuali 1830 a ʻAukake 1832.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia a ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana a lawe pio ʻia i ʻEulopa. I ka pau ʻana o ke kaua ʻo Texas (1836) ua hōʻea ʻo ia i Mekiko e lilo i ka pelekikena āna i mālama ai a hiki i ka 1839. Ua lilo ʻo ia i pūʻali koa i ka wā o ke Kaua o Pastries me Palani a ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ka pelekikena no kekahi kau pōkole, ʻoiai ʻo ia hou. hoʻokahuli ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia i ʻEulopa. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i 1844 a lilo i pelekikena o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope. I ka manawa i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka maluhia ma waena o Mexico a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua loaʻa iā ia ke kauoha e hoʻokau iā Guanajuato a me Aguascalientes i mea e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ka Sierra Gorda. Ua make ʻo ia ma San Miguel Allende i ka makahiki 1853.
