He studied law at the state University of Guayaquil. He became secretary of the Municipality of Guayaquil under Mayor Assad Bucaram (his brother's father in law), of the populist party Concentración de Fuerzas Populares.
He studied law at the state University of Guayaquil, becoming the secretary of the Municipality of Guayaquil under Mayor Assad Bucaram (his brother's father in law), who was a member of the populist party Concentración de Fuerzas Populares.