He married Ana Teresa Botteri Herrera, had four children and four grandchildren until his death.

During his term as mayor, he was responsible for public works such as: In the 1998 municipal election, he was re-elected as mayor against Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller of the Vamos Vecino party, due to his high popularity, thanks to his first term high approval ratings.

In 2000, he stood against President Alberto Fujimori in the presidential elections, but received in large part due to a smear campaign, manipulated by the government and only 3.0% of the vote finishing in third place, and continued as mayor.

[1] In the 2002 municipal elections, he ran for a third term, promising to modernize transport, importing Colombian public buses, known as Transmilenio, but he was defeated by National Solidarity leader Luis Castañeda Lossio of the National Unity Alliance, placing second with 29.9% of the vote.

He died in Washington, D.C., United States on June 19, 2009, at the age of 65 from pulmonary fibrosis.