E aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻolelo pilikanaka o kēia mea pena, he ʻōiwi o Fresnillo, ka mea i aʻo ma ka San Carlos Academy, ka mea nāna i hana i kekahi o nā hana ʻano ʻē aʻe o nā hana no Mexico e like me Tata Cristo a me Los Ahorcados.
ʻO kahi kamaʻāina o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Fresnillo, Zacatecas, ʻo Francisco Goitia ka mea nāna i hana kekahi o nā hana ʻano nui loa o nā hana noʻeau Mekiko, e like me Tata Jesus Christ a me Los Ahorcados.
I ka makahiki 1898 ua komo ʻo ia i ka Academia de San Carlos, ma Mekiko City, a ma hope, i ka makahiki 1904, ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i Barcelona, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ke kūlana kiʻi nui ma lalo o ke aʻo a kāna kumu ʻo Francisco Gali.
I loko o kahi hana i kaupalena ʻia, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me ke akahele, ua kiʻi ka mea pena kiʻi i ka ʻaoʻao pīhoihoi o ke ola o nā ʻāpana kaulana palena ʻole. ʻO kāna kiʻi, ʻike maoli a ikaika i ka palekiko, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kona ola pilikino austere. I kona hoʻi ʻana mai, ua hui ʻo Goitia me ko Pancho Villa pūʻali koa kipi ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi kūhelu iā General Felipe Ángeles. He mau makahiki ma hope mai ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia: “Ua hele au ma nā wahi āpau me kāna pūʻali koa, e kiaʻi ana. ʻAʻole wau i hāpai i nā mea kaua no ka mea ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole kaʻu misiona e pepehi ... "
