Gaona was born on August 5, 1975, and was graduated from Universidad Mexicoamericana del Norte (UMAN).
He also worked for a group of Tamaulipas radio stations called Producciones González, and broadcast regularly on La Caliente 93.1 FM, based in Reynosa.
[3] On August 16, members of the Navy found two murdered bodies in a vacant lot, in a place called Ejido Las Anacuas, on the outskirts of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, near the city dump.
[5] It was reported on 1 September that the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) had launched an investigation into Gaona's death.
[6] Dora Maria Morales stated in an article that Gaona's murder had caused "a strong sense of indignation" among journalists in Tamaulipas.