Adabadwira ku Mexico City mu 1818. Atamwalira abambo ake, oyang'anira magayo komanso malo ophikira buledi a Molino del Rey, adasiyidwa opanda nyumba, choncho adayamba kugwira ntchito yogulitsa malo ogulitsa ali ndi zaka 13.
Motsogozedwa ndi Andrés Quintana Roo, adapeza malo mu Customs of Mexico ndikuyamba maphunziro ake ku Colegio de San Juan de Letrán. Amatulutsa ndakatulo zina mu Galván Calendar ndipo amayamba kukhala mkonzi wa Official Gazette pomwe Anastasio Bustamante ndi Purezidenti. Adasindikiza gawo lazodzudzula zisudzo: Lolemba la Fidel (dzina lake labodza, munyuzipepala ya El Siglo XIX). Amagwirizana ndi El Monitor Republicano ndipo adayambitsa ndi Ignacio Ramírez buku lofotokoza zachinyengo la Don Simplicio.
Ndiwachiwiri wachipani chokomera maulendo 15 kuphatikiza cha Constituent Congress ya 1857 komwe amayimira boma la Puebla. Amagwira ntchito ngati Minister of Finance ndi Purezidenti Arista, Bustamante ndi Juárez. Ndikukhudzidwa kwakukulu, amateteza dongosolo la Ayutla.
Chidwi chake pandale chikuwululidwa pamakhalidwe akulemba Memories of my Times, ntchito yomwe idayamba kuyambira 1828 mpaka 1853. Amagwira ntchito ngati mphunzitsi wa National History and Political Economy ku Military College. Wodziwika bwino chifukwa cha kuwona mtima komanso kukonda dziko lake, adamwalira ku Tacubaya ali ndi zaka 79.
