He spent most of his childhood in the town, completing primary studies up to the fifth grade, at which point he moved to Tarvita, where he concluded the remainder of his education, graduating from the nearby Antonio Tovar School.

Shortly thereafter, he moved to Sucre, studying law at the University of San Francisco Xavier, relying on odd jobs and the aid of his parents to make ends meet, even as he received a small scholarship to cover food expenses.

He followed that path into the ranks of the nascent Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), a party whose permanent political presence was consolidated following the 2002 general election, capitalizing on discontent with the neoliberal economic system that had produced such high inequality in the country.

[10] For Chuquisaca's delegation, in particular, the inclination of the MAS against moving the seat of government from La Paz back to its historic site of Sucre caused great discontent among the department's populace, with figures like Aparicio being branded as "traitors" by opponents.

[10] In September 2015, nine months after leaving office, Aparicio was appointed to serve as vice minister of public security, aided by his experience as head of the Chamber of Deputies' Government, Defense, and Armed Forces Commission.

[6] That situation changed in early September 2017, when he was detained by police in Sucre after he accidentally hit a three-year-old girl with his car, leaving her critically injured, an event that, in a bit of tragic irony, occurred on National Pedestrian Day.

Within days of its assumption, the conservative transitional government that succeeded Morales terminated eighty percent of his administration's ambassadorial staff, qualifying them as "political operators" rather than diplomatic professionals.