Born in Múzquiz, Coahuila, he was a civil engineer and had a Master of Science, with a specialty in Operations Research, both degrees were obtained at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM).
[7] On 12 December, Mario Delgado, National President of MORENA, announced that Guadiana Tijerina had won the poll to determine the candidate for governor for the State of Coahuila.
[11] Guadiana Tijerina appeared in the Pandora Papers, as the founder of a trust that protects 50,000 shares of a company located in the British Virgin Islands, part of a network that uses tax havens to hide undeclared fortunes.
[12] In 2012, the Attorney General's Office of the Republic began an investigation folder for operations with resources of illicit origin, currency counterfeiting and organized crime against Armando Guadiana, his family and one of his companies, which is active to date.
[14] In 1993 Armando Guadiana was imprisoned in the Topo Chico prison for a tax debt derived from an accusation of fraud and falsification of documents, initiated by the National Foreign Credit Bank (Bancomext).