Academic Background

• Officer Formation Course, Heroico Colegio Militar (Military Academy).
• Combat Patrol Course, 49th Infantry Battalion.
• Infantry, Artillery, Saper, and Support Branches Application Course (Cuernavaca, state of Morelos).
• Airborne Course, 3rd Airborne Battalion.
• Command and General Staff Course, 57th Class, War School.
• Superior Warfare Course, War School.
• Command and General Staff, Class of 1993, School of the Americas (Ft Benning, GA, US).
• Master’s Degree in National Security, Superior Naval Studies Center, Secretariat of the Navy.

Positions and Assignments

• Platoon and Company Commander, 67th Infantry Battalion (San Quintín, state of Baja California).
• Section Chief, General Staffs of the I, III, and IX Military Regions.
• Deputy Chief of Staff, General Staff, 27th Military Zone, IX Military Region.
• Deputy Commander and Chief of Command Group, 8th Infantry Battalion (Mazatlán, state of Sinaloa).
• Commander, 7th, 15th, and 53rd Infantry Battalions.
• Chief, Counterintelligence Section, Second Section (Intelligence), National Defense General Staff.
• Assistant Defence Attaché, Mexican Embassy to the Kingdom of Spain, Mar 16, 2003 – Mar 16, 2005.
• Chief of Staff, 28th and 42nd Military Zones.
• Deputy Commandant, Studies Center of the Mexican Army and Air Force.
• Chief, Sixth Section (Education, Training, and Military Doctrine), National Defense General Staff.
• Commander, Military Garrison, (El Ciprés, Ensenada, state of Baja California).
• Commander, 20th and 45th Military Zones.
• Commander, II and IX Military Regions.
• Commander of the Mexican Army and Chairman of the PESCA, Cycle XXXVI.

Decorations

• 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Classes, Special, Extraordinary, and Institutional Perseverance Decoration.
• 2nd and 1st Classes Campaign against Drug-Trafficking Merit Decoration.
• “Distinguished Services” Decoration.
• “Legion of Honor”.
• “Irmandade dos Exercitos Americanos” Military Medal, granted by the Chairman