He attended school at the Instituto Nacional, earning his law degree in 1834.
He lived in Copiapó in the heyday of mining nearby at Chañarcillo and Atacama.
For many years, he was an attorney with the old and respected firm of Gallo and Goyenechea, which promoted mining in the province and northern coast.
He was active in the constitutional revolution of 1859 and belonged to the Copiapó's radical assembly.
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