López Flores, Arturo was born on December 15, 1919 in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. Son of Francisco López Fregoso, photographer, and Francisca Flores Sánchez, teacher. Student of María Luz Sánchez Tovar.
Served in the Mexican Embassy at the same time as General Antonio Guerrero Mendoza. Served under General Luis R. Casillas as his Chief of Staff. Cadet with Generals Tomás Mancera Segura and José Espejel Flores at the Heroic Military College.
Early education unknown. Graduated from the Heroic Military College, 2nd lieutenant, artillery, 1938-1941. Diploma, Higher War College, 1952-1955.
Course, Inter-American Defense College, 1962-1963.
Oficial Mayor of the Secretariat of National Defense, since 1983. Joined the Army as an infantry soldier, 1937. Junior officer, 1st Artillery Regiment, Division of War Materiels and Powder Manufacturing.
Served in the 4th Artillery Regiment, 1947. Attached to the 13th Military Zone, Tepic, Nayarit. Member of the Staff, Secretariat of National Defense.
Second in command, 3rd Artillery Regiment, 1958-1959. Officer, Staff, Secretariat of National Defense, 1959-1961. Aide to the Military Attaché to the Mexican Embassy in the United States and Canada, 1962-1965.
Rank of colonel, 1964. Commander, infantry brigade, Staff, Secretariat of National Defense, 1965-1970. Rank of Brigadier General, 1969.
Attached to the Personnel Division, Secretariat of National Defense, 1970-1971. Aide, Director General of Military Education, Secretariat of National Defense, 1971-1972. Chief of Staff, 26th Military Zone, La Boticaria, Veracruz, 1973-1976.
Rank of Brigade General, 1973. Commander of the 29th Military Zone, Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca, 1976.
Roman Catholic
