 Additionally, in his political career, he was a functionary of president Gabriel García Moreno.He was born on Ambato on June 28, 1832 and died in the same city on December 13, 1894.His father, Pedro Antonio Mera Gómez was a businessman while his mother Josefa Martínez Vásconez, raised her only son alone due to the fact that he abandoned her during her pregnancy.