The sculpture, which depicts a red coyote looking skyward, was inaugurated on 23 April 2008 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the municipality.

[2] The sculpture was commissioned to Sebastián by the then-mayor of Nezahualcóyotl, Luis Sánchez Jiménez, with a budget of 2 million pesos, and it was to be completed within a year.

[4] The Coyote en Ayuno was inaugurated on 23 April 2008 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the municipality.

[6] In addition, the original project included a space to create a cultural center and a museum, but it did not materialize.

[7] Like most of Sebastián's works, Coyote en Ayuno received mixed reactions to the artist's style.