[1] He was detained in January 1974, after having criticized the economic policies of the military dictator Hugo Banzer.
[1] He served as an expert at the United Nations in the Commission of Crime Prevention and Penal Justice between 1987 and 1993.
He was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1997, through the proportional representation vote in La Paz as a Christian Democratic Party candidate.
Following his death the Senate of Bolivia decided unanimously to grant him its highest honour, the Banner of Gold.
[3] The municipal council of La Paz decided to suspend all activities for three days in his honour.