After his scholastic career, he was assigned the task of building Monterrey Square, barracks and Pótam Toros in the Yaqui region. He was also responsible for building the national dockyard at the Guaymas Port in Sonora. He was then given the war duty to fight the Yaqui Indians from 1905 to 1908. On his return from the military operations, in 1908, he was assigned the task of building the headquarters of La Piedad in the capital. In 1908 itself, he was made the Professor of Communications at the Military School. His campaign as an army officer covered México city, Jalapa, Monterrey and Sonora. He met his future wife, Espinosa Como Cuevas Trinidad at the río Yaqui, Sonora. In the fight against Madero in Chihuahua, he was injured at Malpaso. for one year from 1 January 1915. After 1920, he led a deputation by the Federal District V District and was a senator of Coahuila in 1922. As senator he was an exemplary parliamentarian in the same category as Belisario Dominguez. As a journalist and parliamentarian, he was aggressive. During this time, he was assigned as Minister Plenipotentiary to
Sweden. After returning from Sweden, he was made the Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and Development. On August 9, 1921, his brother, General Joseph Alessio Robles, was killed in Mexico City. Gen. Jacinto B. Trevino was accused the perpetrator of the crime; due to insufficient evidence he was released. This caused a permanent rift with his brother Miguel as Vito was accused for not bringing the culprit to justice. During his political career between 1927 and 1928, he contested for the post of Governor of
Coahuila but lost the election. He was then sent to the
United States where he worked in
Austin, Texas. Here, he undertook the study of historical documents at the
University of Texas at Austin. This assignment enabled him to gather enough material which helped him to launch his literary interests of writing books on history. When he returned to Mexico, he was made the professor of the
National Preparatory School and the Faculty of Arts of the City of Mexico. He was also responsible during this period to found the
Seminary of Mexican Culture; in the role of a founding member he traveled to many provinces on cultural missions. He was elected member of the
Academia Mexicana de la Historia, in 1937. From 1947 to 1950, he was Professor of History of the
Provincias Internas of
New Spain in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. He died in Mexico City on 11 June 1957 at Ciudad de México, District Federal, México at the age of 78 years. His daughter Angela inherited his vast library. ==Writings==