Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Ortiz a San Alejo a shekara ta 1961. A lokacin
Yaƙin basasa na El Salvador daga 1980 zuwa 1992, Ortiz ya kasance mayaƙi tare da Popular Liberation Forces - Farabundo Martí (FPL), ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi biyar waɗanda suka ƙunshi FMLN. Ya kasance dan majalisa na FMLN daga 1994 zuwa 2000. An dauke shi daya daga cikin manyan mayors na Salvadoran don tsawon shekaru 13 a Santa Tecla (2000<unk>2013), wani mukamin da ya bar lokacin da aka zaba a matsayin dan takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa a zaben shugaban kasa na 2014.