U-Anastasio Bustamante, wazalelwa eJiquilpan, eMichoacán ngo-1780. Wafundela ubudokotela eMining College futhi uhlala eSan Luis Potosí.
Ujoyine ibutho lasebukhosini ngaphansi kokuyalelwa nguCalleja ukuthola isikhundla sokuba uLieutenant. Unamathela kuhlelo lwe-Iguala futhi ngokushesha uthola ukwethenjwa yi-Iturbide. Kamuva uqokwa njengelungu leProvisional Board of Government kanye noCaptain General wezifundazwe zaseMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga. Ngo-1829 wathatha isikhundla sokuba yisekela likamongameli ngokuyalelwa nguGuerrero, amgumbuqela ngemuva nje kokumemezela iPlan of Jalapa. Uthatha umyalo wesigungu esiphezulu njengephini likamongameli kusukela ngoJanuwari 1830 kuya ku-Agasti 1832.
Ngemuva konyaka uyaboshwa futhi ngemuva nje kokukhululwa adingiselwe eYurophu. Ekupheleni kweMpi YaseTexas (1836) wafika eMexico ukuzothatha isikhundla sobumongameli asiphethe kwaze kwaba ngu-1839. Wathatha isikhundla sobusosha ngesikhathi seMpi Yamadlelo neFrance futhi wabuyela ehhovisi likamongameli isikhathi esifushane, njengoba wayebuye futhi igumbuqelwa futhi yathunyelwa eYurophu. Wabuya ngo-1844 futhi waba ngumongameli weCongress eminyakeni emibili kamuva. Lapho ukuthula kumiswa phakathi kweMexico ne-United States, wathola umyalo wokuthi abeke uGuanajuato no-Aguascalientes ukuze baqinise iSierra Gorda. Ushonele eSan Miguel Allende ngo-1853.
