[1] In 1990, he became President of Agrícola Paralelo 38 (38th Parallel Agriculture), a company devoted to the production of peppers; for a time in that same year, he chaired the council of Impulsora de Proyectos Inmobiliarios de Culiacán (Promoter of Real Estate Projects of Culiacán).
[1] Between 1995 and 2009, he directed El Noroeste de Sinaloa, a newspaper, in which he maintains a 49 percent stake.
[2] In 2009, despite not being a formal member, the PAN placed Clouthier on its list for the first electoral region, sending him to the Chamber of Deputies.
Clouthier decided to run independently for a seat in Sinaloa's fifth district, composed of much of Culiacán, and won with 42.4 percent of the vote, defeating PRI candidate Ricardo Hernández.
[5] Among his proposals during his campaign were a reduction in the size of the Chamber of Deputies from 500 to 300, the removal of proportional representation seats in the Senate, and cutting public spending on political parties.