On July 18, 2016, he was appointed head of the vertex "Comprehensive Security and Defense Plan" of the Great Sovereign Supply Mission, created a week earlier by President Nicolás Maduro. He has held different positions within the Venezuelan State, among which are: Director of Research, Training and Doctrine of the Second Command and Headquarters of the General Staff of the General Command of the Bolivarian Militia, Commander of the Bolivarian Navy Infantry of the Naval Operations Command of the General Command of the Bolivarian Navy and Vice Minister for Planning and Development of Defense of the Ministry for Defense until July 2015.
On March 16, 2019, he announced: "The entire Armed Forces are deployed in all states addressing the electrical, hydrological, fuel services, and telecommunications systems."
In 2021, he was sanctioned by the EU, making him subject to a travel ban and assets freeze in those jurisdictions, due to his fundamental role in oversight and abetment of serious human right abuses perpetrated by the FANB and the Bolivarian National Guard against peaceful demonstrators and opponents of the Maduro regime.[4]
