There is disagreement among sources on the year of Priamo Gamboa Ojeda's founding of El Yucateco Company, often referred to as Salsas y Condimentos el Yucateco in Spanish, as 1968 or 1973. Originally established in Mérida, Yucatán, it was a modest family-run enterprise that produced habanero pepper sauces using recipes from the Gamboa family.