[5] He was born in 1879 in Saltillo, Coahuila, (baptized 30 August 1879 – San Esteban protomártir),[6] the eldest of the seven sons of Dominic Alessio Bello, a merchant from Salerno, Italy, and Crisanta Robles Rivas.

He met his future wife, Espinosa Como Cuevas Trinidad at the Río Yaqui, Sonora.

[4][7] After his scholastic career, he was assigned the task of building Monterrey Square, barracks and Pótam Toros in the Yaqui region.

On his return from the military operations, in 1908, he was assigned the task of building the headquarters of La Piedad in the capital.

He met his future wife, Espinosa Como Cuevas Trinidad at the río Yaqui, Sonora.

He took voluntary discharge from the army and then joined the revolutionary movement of Francisco I, as he did not agree with the regime of Victoriano Huerta.

On August 9, 1921, his brother, General Joseph Alessio Robles, was killed in Mexico City.

This caused a permanent rift with his brother Miguel as Vito was accused for not bringing the culprit to justice.

This assignment enabled him to gather enough material which helped him to launch his literary interests of writing books on history.

He published his first book "Bibliography of Coahuila" covering both history and Geography; this collection was edited by Genaro Estrada.