Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ortiz akaberekerwa muSan Alejo muna 1961. Mukati
Hondo yevagari vemuEl Salvador kubva muna 1980 kusvika muna 1992, Ortiz aive murwi nePeople 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.