Jesús Coronado Munguía was born in Buenavista, Municipality of Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico, on 29 March 1906 (claimed 28 March 1901). He had six siblings. He apparently moved to Empalme at a young age, accompanied by his mother, trying to escape the violence of the Yaqui people in the region. He started working in the city as a messenger for the Mexican Railways, between the ages of 10 and 14, and later rose through the ranks until he became a master mechanic, a position he held for the rest of his working career.

At some point, he married Matilde Ruiz in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. They didn’t marry in a church because at that time all the churches in Sonora were closed due to the Cristero War. The couple had five children: Humberto, Rolando, Jaime, Carelia and Sergio.

One of his older sisters, Mercedes, passed away in 2004, aged 102. As of 2014, he had 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Jesús Coronado Munguía passed away in Empalme, Sonora, Mexico, on 11 October 2014. He was known as “Don Chuy”.