The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Etzatlán, San Juanito de Escobedo and Tequila on the east by the town of Teuchitlán on the south by the municipalities Teuchitlán and Ameca, west with the municipalities of Ameca and Etzatlán.
He was born in Etzatlán, Jalisco to Trinidad Castillo and Raymunda Santiago shortly before the Mexican Revolution.