Before he entered politics, Echiverri served as an arbiter and conciliator at the Department of Labor and Employment from 1981 to 1988 and simultaneously as legal counsel for J. Antonio Leviste Company from 1984 to 1988.

He left Lakas Kampi CMD and joined the Liberal Party in 2009, ahead of his 2010 mayoralty reelection bid, to support the presidential candidacy of Benigno Aquino III.

[3] Echiverri attempted a political comeback for the 2022 elections when he ran for representative of the newly created 3rd district of Caloocan.

Though a member of Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan, he ran under the Team Bughaw ticket of 2nd district Rep. Edgar Erice, mayoralty candidate under Aksyon Demokratiko.

[5] Echiverri, along with two former city officials, was charged with 13 counts each of graft and falsification of public documents in connection with the pathwalk and drainage repair project in 2012.