Rogelio Mayta was born on 16 September 1971 . He graduated as a lawyer by profession. During the course of his career, Mayta served as defense counsel for victims of the "Massacre of Black October" in El Alto which took place in 2003 during the Bolivian gas conflict. He was part of the committee promoting the liability trial against the former President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada who resigned and fled to the United States following the incident.