Wazalelwa eNavarra, eSpain ngo-1789. Wafundela ezomthetho e-University of Pamplona, kodwa wayeka ukuyolwa namabutho aseFrance kaNapoleon ayehlasela.
Wathathwa njengesiboshwa ngo-1808, ngesikhathi esesesitokisini wafunda amaqhinga ezempi nezibalo. Lapho uFernando VII ebuyela esihlalweni sobukhosi saseSpain, uMina uhola ukuvukela umbuso ukuze abuyise kabusha uMthethosisekelo owasuswa weCadiz wango-1812. Uyashushiswa abalekele eFrance naseNgilandi lapho ehlangana khona noFray Servando Teresa de Mier omqinisekisa ukuthi ahlele umkhankaso wokulwa ngokumelene nenkosi evela eNew Spain.
Ngosizo lwabanye abezimali, waqoqa imikhumbi emithathu, izikhali nemali wabe esehamba ngomkhumbi ngoMeyi 1816. Wehla eNorfolk (United States) lapho amanye amadoda ayikhulu ajoyina amasosha akhe. Waya kumaNgisi Antilles, eGalveston naseNew Orleans wagcina efika eSoto la Marina (Tamaulipas), ngo-1817.
Ungena eMexico, awele uMfula iThames futhi unqobe okokuqala ngqa abasebukhosini epulazini lasePeotillos (eSan Luis Potosí). Kuthatha iReal de Pinos (iZacatecas) bese ifika eHat Fort (eGuanajuato) ebisemandleni abavukeli. ESoto la Marina imikhumbi yabo yacwaswa yisitha futhi amalungu ekamu athunyelwa emajele aseSan Carlos, ePerote naseSan Juan de Ulúa, womabili aseVeracruz.
UMina uqhubeka nemikhankaso yakhe eyimpumelelo kuze kube yilapho uViceroy Apodaca evimbezela iFort del Sombrero. Lapho uMina ephuma eyofuna izimpahla, ubanjwa eRancho del Venadito eseduzane futhi ayiswe ekamu lobukhosi lapho abulawelwa khona "ngemuva, njengomthengisi" ngoDisemba 1817.
