Anastasio Bustamante, anabadwira ku Jiquilpan, Michoacán mu 1780. Anaphunzira udokotala ku Mining College ndipo amakhala ku San Luis Potosí.
Adalowa nawo gulu lankhondo lachifumu motsogozedwa ndi Calleja, atapeza udindo wa lieutenant. Amatsatira dongosolo la Iguala ndipo posakhalitsa amayamba kumukhulupirira Iturbide. Pambuyo pake amasankhidwa kukhala membala wa Provisional Board of Government komanso Captain General wazigawo za Kum'mawa ndi Kumadzulo. Mu 1829 adatenga wachiwiri kwa purezidenti atalamulidwa ndi Guerrero, yemwe adamugwetsa atangolengeza Plan of Jalapa. Itenga lamulo la wamkulu ngati wachiwiri kwa purezidenti kuyambira Januware 1830 mpaka Ogasiti 1832.
Chaka chotsatira adamangidwa ndipo atangotulutsidwa kumene ndikuthawira ku Europe. Kumapeto kwa nkhondo yaku Texas (1836), adafika ku Mexico kuti atenge udindo wa purezidenti, womwe adakhala nawo mpaka 1839. Adatenga usitikali ankhondo panthawi ya War of Pastries ndi France ndikubwerera ku prezidenti kwakanthawi kochepa, monga adalinso kugwetsedwa ndikutumizidwa ku Europe. Adabwerera ku 1844 ndikukhala Purezidenti wa Congress patatha zaka ziwiri. Pomwe mtendere unakhazikitsidwa pakati pa Mexico ndi United States, adalandira lamulo loti apange Guanajuato ndi Aguascalientes kuti akhazikitse mtima pansi ku Sierra Gorda. Adamwalira ku San Miguel Allende mu 1853.
