Academic Background

• Infantry Officer Formation Course at the Heroico Colegio Militar (Military Academy).
• Command and General Staff Course at the War School, obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Military Administration.
• Master’s Degree in National Security at the Colegio de Defensa Nacional (National Defense Academy).
• Command and Staff Course at the Escuela de las Americas (School of the Americas).
• Master’s Degree in National Security Strategy at the National War College of the United States of America.
• Basic English Course at the Language Studies Center of the Mexican Army and Air Force.
• English Course at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center of the United States.
• Diploma in Human Resources Management at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
• Parachute Certification with Star and Cluster.

Positions and Assignments

• General Aide in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Secretariat of National Defense.
• Deputy Chief of Staff of the Parachute Rifle Brigade.
• Military Attaché at the Mexican Embassy in the U.S.A. from February 1, 1999, to February 1, 2001.
• Commander of the 65th Infantry Battalion.
• Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters of the Special Forces Corps.
• Commander of the 2nd Special Forces Brigade.
• Chief of Operations, S-3 of the General Joint Staff of the National Defense.
• Commander of the Military Garrison of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.
• Special Command in the Central Action Zone in the state of Tamaulipas.
• Commander of the 4th and 15th Military Zones.
• Commander of the IV, XI, and XII Military Regions.
• Chief of Staff of the Mexican Army.
• General Director of Personnel.
• Commander of the Mexican Army and President of the CAA XXXVI Cycle.

Decorations

• 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Classes “Perseverance Decorations” for ‘Special,’ ‘Extraordinary,’ and ‘Institutional.’
• “1st Class Merit” Military Decoration
• “Legion of Honor” Military Decoration.
• “Distinguished Services” Military Decoration.
• 2nd and 3rd Class, Campaign against Drug-Trafficking awarded
• “Plan DN-III-E” Special Military Decoration.
• “Performance Distinction” awarded in Operations to Ensure the Internal Security of the Country.
• The “Brotherhood of American Armies” decoration, awarded by the Presidency of the CAA in the XXXV Cycle.