Edmundo Castro Villarreal

Background

Castro Villarreal, Edmundo was born on October 16, 1927 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Indalecio Castro Núñez and Guadalupe Villarreal Pacheco. Brother, cavalry officer.

Education

Early education unknown. Graduated as a 2nd lieutenant of infantry, Heroic Military College. Staff and command course, Higher War College.

Staff and command course, Argentina. Instructor, engineering tactics, Higher War College. Assistant instructor in strategy, Higher War College.

Career

Joined the army as a regular soldier, 29th Regiment, September 8, 1942. Officer, Sections 1, 3, 5, Staff, Secretariat of National Defense. Company Commander, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade.

Rank of Major, 1960; adjutant, Military Medical School. Commander, 1st Infantry Battalion, Presidential Guards. Rank of Lieutenant Col., 1964.

Head of Section 5, Staff, Secretariat of National Defense, 1965. Adjutant General and Subdirector of Infantry, Secretariat of National Defense. Rank of Colonel, 1969.

Rank of Brigadier General, 1974. Commander of the 59th Infantry Battalion, 1976. Rank of Brigade General, 1979.

Commander of the 19th Military Zone, Tuxpan, Veracruz, 1987.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Connections

Spouse Carmen González Fernández.

Father:

Indalecio Castro Núñez

Mother:

Guadalupe Villarreal Pacheco

Spouse:

Carmen González Fernández