He received a master’s degree in criminal law from Universidad Libre de Colombia, and he majored in criminal law and criminology at Universidad Libre de Colombia. He also has studies in human rights and international humanitarian law.
In April 2005, he joined the Attorney General’s Office and worked as legal assistant and in 2006 as Asistente de Fiscal. He also has served as delegate prosecutor before municipal criminal judges, delegate prosecutor before the circuit criminal judges, delegate prosecutor before circuit court judges, specialized prosecutor, and advisor to the Specialized Directorate in the fight against Assets Forfeiture
Due to his wide knowledge about asset forfeiture and other related topics, he has been a lecturer invited by the Department against Transnational Organized Crime of the Organization of American States (OAS), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the National Police, the Army and the Directorate of Higher Studies of the Attorney General’s Office.