[1] On July 4, 1908, he marched to the Bacatete camp where, on behalf of the chief of the 1st Military Zone, he began talks with the ringleader Luis Buli to obtain the surrender of the Yaquis but was unsuccessful with this.

He served for a few months as chief of arms of the plaza of Morelia, Michoacán, and on July 19 he was appointed undersecretary of War and Navy with secretary functions, in the cabinet of Francisco I.

On March 4, 1912, he resigned from the aforementioned secretariat and asked Madero to remain in charge of the troops that would fight the Orozquistas, unleashed at the beginning of the month.

[3] The next day he was authorized to carry out this task and he was entrusted with the command of the forces that operated in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango and Zacatecas so that he would fight the insurgents.

He was defeated by the Orozquistas at the First Battle of Rellano on March 24, 1912, and, feeling responsible for the failure, committed suicide in a railroad car in Corralitos the next day.