Wazalelwa eTlalpujahua, eMichoacán ngo-1773. Wafunda eNyuvesi yaseNicolaita futhi kamuva wathola iziqu zakhe zobumeli eColegio de San Ildefonso.
Ekushoneni kukayise, wabuyela ezweni lakhe eyosebenza ezimayini. Umsekeli wenhlangano elwela inkululeko usungula uhlelo lokugwema ukumosha izinsizakusebenza ezitholwe ngenxa yokuvukela umbuso. Wajoyina amabutho njengonobhala wompristi uHidalgo eMaravatío.
Uphakamisa ukuthi kudalwe ibhodi elilawulayo kanti eGuadalajara kukhuthaza ukushicilelwa kweThe American Despertador. Ukhona ezimpini zaseMonte de las Cruces, e-Aculco nasePuente de Calderón lapho akwazi khona ukusindisa ama-peso ayizinkulungwane ezingama-300 ezinsizakusebenza zamasosha. Wahamba noHidalgo kanye nama-caudillos amakhulu baya enyakatho yale ndawo, waqokwa waba yinduna yempi eSaltillo kwathi ngemuva kokukhashelwa kuka-Acatita de Baján wamasha waya eZacatecas ukuyoqhubeka nokulwa.
Unqoba amabutho asebukhosini futhi abuyele eZitácuaro, eMichoacán ukuyohlela iNkantolo Ephakeme YaseMelika (Agasti 1811), asale njengoMongameli futhi aqoke uSixto Verduzco noJosé María Liceaga njengamalungu. Ikhipha iMithetho, imithethonqubo kanye nezimemezelo, kepha ngo-1812 ishiye isikwele ngaphambi kokuvinjezelwa kweCalleja. Ngaphandle kokungezwani kwakhe namanye amalungu ebhodi, uyingxenye yeConstituent Congress efakwe nguJosé María Morelos ngo-1812.
Ngemuva konyaka, ekanye nomfowabo uRamón, wathuthela ingqungquthela eCóparo, eMichoacán. Kumenyezelwa ukuthi uyimbuka ngenxa yokwenqaba ukwamukela ibhodi elasungulwa ngu-Agustín de Iturbide. Ngemuva kokubamba iqhaza ngokuhloniphekile, waboshwa nguNicolás Bravo futhi wanikelwa kuma-royalists. Ugwetshwa intambo yize engabulawa, kodwa uhlala ejele kuze kube ngu-1820 lapho ededelwa nezinye iziboshwa zepolitiki. Kamuva ubamba izikhundla eziningi ezibalulekile kuhulumeni efinyelela ezingeni likaMajor General. Wathatha umhlalaphansi waya eTacuba lapho ahlala khona waze wafa ngo-1832.
