The brother of general Enrique Estrada, he served in the army during the Mexican Revolution and ran for president against Álvaro Obregón in 1920.
After being exiled to the United States in the 1920s, he returned and became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, serving as its press secretary in 1935.
He was appointed the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Western Division from 1914 to 1915, and he obtained the rank of Brigadier General.
He joined his brother Enrique Estrada in 1923 in support of the Adolfo de la Huerta rebellion.
He was the Secretary of Press and Publicity of the national organization of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI), June 19, 1935.