UMelchor Ocampo, wazalelwa ePateo, eMichoacán ngo-1814.
Waphothula iziqu zeBachelor eSeminary yaseMorelia nangeziqu zomthetho e-University of Mexico. Lapho eneminyaka engama-26 ubudala, wadabula iYurophu futhi wabuyela ekuzinikeleni kwezepolitiki. Wathatha uhulumeni waseMichoacán futhi wahlela iqembu lezempi ukuze limelane nabaseMelika ngo-1848.
Uxoshwe nguSanta Anna, uhlala eNew Orleans lapho ahlangana khona noBenito Juárez. Ubuyele eMexico ngo-1854 ngokunqoba koHlelo lwe-Ayutla lokuba nguNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle.
Ngo-1856, njengoMongameli weCongress, wayeyingxenye yekhomishini yokwakha umthethosisekelo omusha. Ngenkathi uJuárez ethatha isikhundla sobumongameli, wenza uMnyango Wezobudlelwano, phakathi kwabanye, wasayina isivumelwano esidumile iMac Lane-Ocampo Treaty esivumela abantu baseNyakatho Melika ukuba bahambe ngokukhululeka ngokusebenzisa i-Isthmus yaseTehuantepec ngenhloso yokuxhaswa ngemali ngenhloso kaJuarista. Lesi sivumelwano asikaze sigunyazwe yi-United States Congress sibonga ngokwengxenye ngobuqili bukaJuárez.
Wathatha umhlalaphansi waya epulazini lakhe iPomoca, lapho athunjwa khona yiqembu labagcini bomthetho ngaphansi komyalo kaFélix Zuloaga noLeonardo Marquéz. Ngaphandle kokuquliswa icala, wadutshulwa ngoMeyi 1861 kanti umzimba wakhe walengiswa esihlahleni.
