After Trujillo rose to power in 1930, Hector entered the Army and advanced rapidly.

He reached the rank of a major general before he was appointed "Secretary of State for War and Navy" in 1942.

Aside from his military activities, Hector was busy amassing land and money.

A philanderer, he became engaged to Alma McLaughlin in 1937, and the marriage eventually took place two decades later.

[2] Héctor Trujillo worked as a "puppet" for his brother who had all the control; made president on August 16, 1952, he was asked to resign on August 3, 1960, when his brother reshuffled the government.