[2][3] He was a graduate of the Chorrillos Military School, where he held the first position in the Artillery weapons.

He studied Antiaircraft Artillery in the Soviet Union and participated in courses of Command and Staff, Superior Intelligence, Development and National Defense in the Center for Higher National Studies (CAEN).

In his military career he has developed as Chief of Staff of the "Frente Huallaga" (1993), Chief of the Artillery Group "Bolognesi" (1994), General Commander of the 31st Infantry Brigade - Emergency Zone - VRAEM (1996- 1997), director of the Superior School of War of the Army (1998), general commander of the Military Region of the Center (2000) and inspector general of the Army (2001-2002).

He went to retirement in September 2000 and in the Government of Valentín Paniagua he was reincorporated into the Army (December 2000).

In the international arena, he has been a military attaché to the Embassy of Peru in Venezuela (1995), the Embassy of Peru in the United States (2003) and has presided over Army delegations in meetings with his counterparts in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador.