Coello became a deputy in the Honduras National Congress in 1904.
He was director of various newspapers, El Imparcial, En Marcha and Pro-Patria in Honduras and La Prensa Libre, La República, El Diario, El Pabellón Rojo y Blanco in Costa Rica.
He wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Honduras in 1915 and wrote two books, El tratado de 1843 con los indios moscos (1923)[1] and Canto a la bandera (1934).
His son, also named Augusto Coello, was a writer as well.
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