Juan Carlos Portillo biography: 10 things about MS-13 gang member from El Salvador

Juan Carlos Portillo is a Salvadoran man who lived in the United States as an illegally present foreign fugitive. Here are 10 more things about him:

Los #100MásBuscadosSV | José Alberto Zamora Zamora ó Zamora Peñate (a) Piraña. Informe al 122 ó 911 atención 24/7 pic.twitter.com/3v0oAQpNN4

— PNC El Salvador (@PNCSV) May 18, 2016

1. He is also known as Jose Alberto Zamora Zamora, Juan Alberto Zamora-Zamora, Jose Adalberto Lopez-Lopez and the MS-13 name Pirana.
2. He is a member of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, USA in the 1980s.
3. On May 5, 2011, he became a subject of interest for aggravated homicide and gang affiliation in El Salvador.
4. He is the subject of a warrant issued in El Salvador on March 11, 2014.
5. On May 17, 2016, he was included on El Salvador’s Top 100 Most Wanted list.
6. On December 7, 2022, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested him near Hidalgo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA and issued him an expedited removal order.
7. On December 23, 2022, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas removed him to El Salvador. He illegally reentered the U.S. on an unknown date at an unknown place without having been admitted or paroled by an immigration officer.
8. On July 5, 2023, ERO’s office in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA received information from its office in San Salvador, El Salvador under the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement initiative that he may be residing in Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama.
9. On August 11, 2023, officials from ERO’s office in Birmingham arrested him in Chelsea, Shelby County.
10. He was 29 year old when he was arrested on August 11, 2023. He remains in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody pending his removal from the U.S.