Bio – Luis Rodríguez Bucio

Consul General of Mexico in Dallas

Brigadier General Luis Rodríguez Bucio was born in the town of Condembaro, part of the municipality of Tancítaro, Michoacán. He entered the Heroic Military College as a cadet in 1973 and graduated in 1977 as a second lieutenant of infantry. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Military Administration from the Superior War School, a master’s degree in National Security and Defense, and a doctorate in Defense and National Security from the Center for Higher Naval Studies. He also studied at the Armed Forces Language Institute of Germany.

After graduating from the Heroic Military College, he served in the Second Presidential Guards Battalion from 1977 to 1985. He was deputy chief of the fourth section of the Presidential General Staff from January 1989 to 1990. In 1994, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of Task Force Marte XXII in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, where he organized the eradication of drug crops in the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango. He has been awarded the Mexican Legion of Honor. He also served as director of the Mexican Army and Air Force’s Research and Development Center; chief of staff of a Military Zone in Aguascalientes; and military attaché in Germany and Poland.

On April 11, 2019, he was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as the first-ever commander of the newly created National Guard. On January 16, 2023, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.

Brigadier General Luis Rodríguez Bucio made history as the first Mexican military officer to preside over the Inter-American Defense Board.