Juan Miralles was born in 1930 in Tampico (Mexico). After studying
Political Sciences at the UNAM in the Mexican capital, he joined the Mexican
Diplomatic Corps in 1955. Within the service he carried out various duties.
Later, he studied English Literature in Tokyo and was the director of the
Seminary on Mexican Diplomatic Relations in the UNAM. He has edited and
lengthened Crónica de la Nueva España -Chronicles of New Spain by Francisco de Cervantes Salazar and the Historia
de la conquista de México- History
of the Conquest of Mexico by Francisco Lopez de Gómara. He is also the
author of several articles on the Spanish conquest and a contributor to the Efe
agency in Mexico