Paquita was born Francisca Viveros Barradas on April 2, 1947, in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Her life shaped her music. Paquita was a teenager when she married a man nearly 30 years older than her.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/arts/music/paquita-la-del-barrio-dead.html

