[7] Santos has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

He is married to Becky Manzanares de Santos and has four children Elvin, Rebeca, Adrian and Natalia.

The company has various contracts with the Secretaría de Obras Públicas Transporte y Vivienda (SOPTRAVI), for the maintenance of public infrastructure and the construction of the ring-road in Tegucigalpa.

Mauricio Villeda Bermudez, who defeated Roberto Micheletti in the primary, resigned to allow Santos become the candidate.

On 29 November 2009, Santos lost the election against his opponent Porfirio Lobo Sosa, as predicted by the polls, by a considerable margin of 17.75%.