After his military service, Ávila entered the public arena in 1933 as the executive officer of the Secretariat of National Defense and became Secretary of National Defense in 1937.
Logo do seu servizo militar, Ávila entrou á area pública en 1933; 1934 como Oficial Maior da Secretaría de Defensa Nacional e converteuse en Secretario de Defensa Nacional en 1937.