Lawyer from Universidad Libre Section of Cúcuta, specialist in Disciplinary law from Externado University, master's degree in Criminal law from Universidad Libre Section of Bogotá and master's degree in Evidential legal reasoning from the University of Girona, Spain.
He has studies in the adversarial system from Florida International University, with the USAID programme of the United States Department of Justice, in criminal law from University of Salamanca and in procedural law from Pompeu Fabra University and the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Procesal.
He teaches undergraduate courses at the Universidad Libre de Cúcuta and postgraduate courses at various universities. Member of the Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Procesal. He currently practises as litigation attorney in criminal matters. Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Cúcuta.