He roia na tana umanga, i whanau ia i Valladolid i te 1772. He mema ia no te Karauna Infantry Regiment me te reihana tuarua.
I Jalapa ka tutaki ia ki etahi roopu kore whakahee i uru atu ai ia ki te mahi tutu a Valladolid i te tau 1809. I mauhereheretia ia, engari i puta tona herekore e kii ana ko tana whainga kia whakahokia te kawanatanga o New Spain ki a Fernando VII.
Ka mohio nga mana whakahaere mo te kaupapa a Hidalgo, ka tukuna ia hei herehere ki San Juan de Ulúa, ka tukuna ki Spain, na te mea kua whakaarohia he kaupapa kino mo te whakamarie o New Spain. Whai muri i te mutunga o te rangatiratanga ka hoki ia ki Mexico.
He mema ia no te Kaunihera Kaunihera Ture me tetahi mema o te tari whakahaere me Miguel Domínguez (1822-1824) hei whakakapi i te tokotoru kua kore i whakatauhia i te wa e tu ana nga pooti perehitini. Ka uru atu ia ki te whakahekenga o Agustín de Iturbide, kaore e aro ki te Mahere o Iguala me te Tiriti o Córdoba.
I runga i te mana, ka whakatauhia a Nicolás Bravo hei Minita Tuarua mo Great Britain. Ka hāereere ia i Uropi me Ahia Iti. He waahanga no te Huihuinga o Amerika i karangahia e Simón Bolívar i Panama. Hangaia te Yorkino Rite of Innkeeping.
I tukuna e ia te kawhe ki Mexico ma te rui i etahi tipu i mauria mai i Moka, Arapia i angitu te mahi i runga i tana paamu, tata ki Uruapan, Michoacán. I mate ia i te 1852.
