There he completed basic education in José Miguel Macías of Veracruz School where he showed quick progress especially at discipline and behavior.

However, Azueta refused medical services offered by the occupation army and only allowed local Dr. Rafael Cuervo Xicoy to treat him.

Fletcher has never been credited for his unusual offer of medical care for a wounded enemy who had caused injuries and casualties to the American servicemen.

[citation needed] On April 24, Lieutenant Azueta was promoted immediately to captain by the President of the Republic for his performance in combat.

During his funeral hundreds of citizens marched holding his coffin on their shoulders to the city's cemetery in open defiance to directives from the occupation army forbidding assembly.