Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ortiz akaberekerwa muSan Alejo muna 1961. Mukati mehondo yavagari vemo yeEl Salvador
Kubva muna 1980 kusvika muna 1992, Ortiz akanga ari murwi wePeople's Liberation Forces - Farabundo Martí (FPL), rimwe remasangano mashanu aiumba FMLN. Akanga ari nhengo yeparamende yeFMLN kubva muna 1994 kusvika muna 2000. Akave akaonekwa semumwe wemameya akabudirira kwazvo eSalvador kwemakore ake gumi nematatu muSanta Tecla (2000 <unk> 2013), chinzvimbo chaakasiya paakasarudzwa semumiriri weVice Presidency musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza2014.