Legal education at the University of Antioquia (Medellín-Colombia). Ph.D and Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). University Professor in Colombia and Latin America. In 2019 and 2022 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Würzburg (Germany). Founding member of the International German-Latin American Society of Criminal Sciences (Deutsch-Lateinamerikanische Gesellschaft für Kriminalwissenschaften, in Spanish: SIGLA-CP) and member of the Colombo-German Association of Jurists (Deutsch-Kolumbianische Juristenvereinigung). Alumni of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2008-2013) and the Foundation for the Future of Colombia (COLFUTURO) (2013-2015). Editor of the Law Publications Series at Eckhaus Verlag (Weimar, Germany). Lecturer and speaker at various academic events in Latin America and Europe.