Academic Background

• Enlisted as a cadet at Heroico Colegio Militar on Sep. 1, 1976, Officers Course, graduating as Artillery Sublieutenant.
• Course in Command and General Staff Course at Escuela Superior de Guerra (War School).
• Course in Advanced Warfare Course at Escuela Superior de Guerra (War School).
• Master’s Degree in Military Management for National Security and Defense, at the Colegio de Defensa Nacional (National Defense College).
• Course in Methodology for Political Analysis, as well as prospective and scenario planning; both at the Center for Research and National Security.
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Chilpancingo, Gro.
• Doctrine course in the United States Army.
• Course in Joint and Combined Operations; at Fort Benning, CA, USA.
• Course in Defense Strategy and Policy; at the Center for Hemispheric Strategy Studies, Washington, DC, USA.

Positions and Assignments

• Served as Military Instructor at the Escuela de Inteligencia del Centro de Estudios del Ejto. y FAM. (Intelligence School of the Army and Air Force Studies Center) and at the School of the Americas.
• Battery Commander.
• Head of the Training, Information, and Operations Section,
• 2nd Commander and Head of the Command Group; as well as Commander of various Artillery Units.
• Deputy Director and Director General of Artillery.
• Commander of the 19th, 21st, and 22nd Military Zones.
• Commander of the VIII Military Region (Ixcotel, Oaxaca).
• Commander of the III Military Region (Mazatlan, Sin.).
• Commander of the I R.M., (El Chivatito, Mexico City).
• Commander of the Mexican Army and President of the CAA XXXVI Cycle.

Decorations

• Decoration for perseverance in 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st classes, “Special,” “Extraordinary,” and “Institutional,” for uninterrupted years of service.
• “Distinguished service,” Military decoration.
• “Legion of Honor,” Military decoration.
• Campaign Merit in the fight against drug trafficking, 3rd class.
• Commendation Medal (awarded by the United States).