Yazi i-biography yalo mculi, owokuzalwa eFresnillo, owafunda e-Academia de San Carlos, umsunguli weminye imisebenzi evelele yobuciko baseMexico njengoTata Cristo noLos Ahorcados.
Owayedabuka edolobheni laseFresnillo, eZacatecas, uFrancisco Goitia wayengumsunguli weminye yemisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu yobuciko baseMexico, njengoTata Jesus Christ kanye neLos Ahorcados.
Ngo-1898 wangena e-Academia de San Carlos, eMexico City, kwathi kamuva, ngo-1904, waya eBarcelona, lapho athola khona ukuvuthwa okukhulu ngokomfanekiso ngaphansi kwezimfundiso zikathisha wakhe uFrancisco Gali.
Emsebenzini olinganiselwe, ofundile futhi onakile, umculi ubambe uhlangothi olukhulu lwempilo yemikhakha ethandwayo ebukelwa phansi. Ubuciko bakhe, ipulasitiki eyiqiniso futhi eqinile, yayisuselwa eqinisweni lempilo yakhe yangasese. Lapho ebuya, uGoitia wajoyina ibutho lezinguquko likaPancho Villa njengomdwebi osemthethweni kuGeneral Felipe Ángeles. Eminyakeni ethile kamuva wayezokhumbula: “Ngangihamba nomaphi nebutho lakhe, ngibuka. Angikaze ngiphathe izikhali ngoba ngangazi ukuthi inhloso yami kwakungekhona ukubulala ... "
