Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Francisco Javier Arana Castro i te 3 o Hakihea 1905 ki Villa Canales, Guatemala. Ko ona maatua, ko Ángel María Arana raua ko Margarita Castro, no te whanau o raro-waenganui-akomanga. He reo Paniora rāua
me ngā taonga tuku iho a ngā iwi taketake, ā, ko te āhuatanga whakamutunga i kitea ake i te tirohanga. Kaore ia i whai maatauranga, engari he pai te panui, a i whakaahuatia e ona hoa noho rite te mohio me te mohio, me te tangata whai kiko me te tangata. I whakaahuatia ia hei kaikorero tūmatanui kore, engari hei tangata tino whakatikatika i roto i nga korerorero piri. I te 1946, i te wa o te Huringa Guatemalan, i whakaahuatia e tetahi kaimahi o te tari o te United States tana kaupapa here hei iwi, me te mea he iti noa te pro-American.