Adabadwira ku Navarra, Spain mu 1789. Adaphunzira zamalamulo ku University of Pamplona, koma adasiya kukamenya nkhondo yaku Napoleon yaku France.
Adamangidwa mu 1808, pomwe adadzipatula adaphunzira zida zankhondo komanso masamu. Fernando VII atabwerera ku Spain, Mina amatsogolera kuwukira kuti akhazikitsenso Constitution ya Cádiz ya 1812. Amazunzidwa ndikuthawira ku France ndi England komwe amakumana ndi a Fray Servando Teresa de Mier omwe amutsimikizira kuti akonzekere ulendo wokamenya nkhondo. motsutsana ndi mfumu yochokera ku New Spain.
Mothandizidwa ndi azachuma ena, adasonkhanitsa zombo zitatu, zida ndi ndalama ndipo adanyamuka mu Meyi 1816. Adatsika ku Norfolk (United States) komwe amuna zana adalumikizana ndi asitikali ake. Anapita ku English Antilles, Galveston ndi New Orleans ndipo pamapeto pake adakafika ku Soto la Marina (Tamaulipas), mu 1817.
Amapita ku Mexico, kuwoloka Mtsinje wa Thames ndipo amapambana koyamba kugonjetsa achifumu pafamu ya Peotillos (San Luis Potosí). Zimatengera Real de Pinos (Zacatecas) ndikufika ku Hat Fort (Guanajuato) yomwe inali m'manja mwa zigawenga. Ku Soto la Marina zombo zawo zidamizidwa ndi mdani ndipo mamembala amndende omwe adatumizidwa kundende za San Carlos, ku Perote ndi San Juan de Ulúa, ku Veracruz.
Mina akupitilizabe ntchito zake zabwino mpaka Viceroy Apodaca atazungulira Fort del Sombrero. Mina akapita kukasaka zofunikira, adagwidwa ku Rancho del Venadito yapafupi ndikupita naye kumsasa wachifumu komwe amaphedwa "kumbuyo, ngati wotsutsa" mu Disembala 1817.
