Career
Second captain in the Revolutionary Army, 1913. Subsequently raised to the rank of lieutenant colonel and general of division. Has taken part in various military expeditions in Lower California, Sinaloa, Sonora, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Tehuántepec, etc., first against Huerta, later against the partisans of Villa, against rebel Yakis in Sonora, etc.
; Governor of the northern district of Lower California, 1924-1928. Secretary of Industry, Commerce, and Labor. Secretary of War and Marine to 1932.
President of Mexico, 1932-1934. Decorations: Grand Collar of the Order of the Spanish Republic. Of the Order of Merit of Chile.