He did his primary studies at the Colegio San Román de Juliaca and secondary at the Colegio San Francisco de Asís in Arequipa.
[1] He began his political career in the National Front of Workers and Peasants.
[2] In 1964 he was elected Provincial Mayor of San Román by the National Front of Workers and Peasants, being re-elected until 1983.
After being elected Congressman, Cáceres Velásquez joined the ranks of Fujimorism as a turncoat, as was his son, who was also elected Congressman amid controversy and after the fall of the Fujimori regime, his parliamentary position was reduced until 2001.
[6] In 2010, he presented himself as a candidate for the regional government of Arequipa, but his candidacy was denied.