 Salvador Lutteroth González was born on March 21, 1897, in Colotlan, Jalisco, though he soon moved to Mexico City, where he went to agriculture school.At age 17, Lutteroth joined the Mexican Revolution, and served as a lieutenant, and captain under the orders of General Álvaro Obregón while battling against the forces of Pancho Villa, among others.By 1923, he had been promoted to First Captain, but after getting married in 1924 to Armida Camou Olea from Hermosillo, Sonora, he left the military and soon took a job in the Tax Department as a property inspector.