Early Life
Aguilar was born in the provincial town of Villanueva in the state of Zacatecas. His parents were Jesús Aguilar Aguilar, a native of Tayahua, and Ángela Márquez Barraza Valle, a Colombian of Ocaña. Aguilar's paternal grandparents were Tomás G. Aguilar and María Guadalupe Aguilar, and his maternal grandparents were Luis Márquez Barraza and Justa Valle.
He spent his early childhood in "La Casa Grande de Tayahua", an hacienda first built in 1596 in the town of Tayahua, about 35 km from Villanueva. Aguilar's ancestors acquired this property in the early 19th century.
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