Reynaldo Cardoza

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Reynaldo Cardoza
Cardoza (far-right) in 2025
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from Chalatenango
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 2009
Personal details
BornReynaldo Antonio López Cardoza
(1975-05-30) 30 May 1975
Dulce Nombre de María, El Salvador
PartyNational Coalition Party
SpouseAlma Yaneth Gutiérrez de López
OccupationPolitician

Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza (born 30 May 1975) is a Salvadoran politician who serves as a member of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. He served as the legislature's second secretary from 2024 to 2025.

Early life

Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza was born on 30 May 1975 in Dulce Nombre de María, El Salvador.[1]: 1 

Political career

In 2009, Cardoza became a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from the Chalatenango Department as a member of the National Coalition Party (PCN).[1]: 2  Cardoza was a member of the directorial board of the AD Chalatenango association football team during the 2010s.[2]

On 1 May 2024, Cardoza was elected as the second secretary of the Legislative Assembly for the first half of the 14th legislative term, after which, he was be succeeded by fellow PCN deputy Serafín Orantes.[3] In 2025, Cardoza remarked that El Salvador was not "the world's prison" ("cárcel de todo el mundo"), in reference to the housing of prisoners from the United States in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).[4]

Cardoza is seeking re-election in the 2027 legislative election.[5]

During the 2010s, Cardoza allegedly helped finance the Texis Cartel.[6][7]

In March 2017, the Office of the Attorney General (FGR) seized twelve of Cardoza's properties as well as five bank accounts. The FGR stated that they were not seized as a part of a criminal probe but rather to determine how Cardoza acquired the properties.[8]

Personal life

Cardoza is married to Alma Yaneth Gutiérrez de López.[8]

References

  1. "Diputado Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza" [Deputy Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza]. Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (in Spanish). 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  2. "Cardoza Cancela Salarios en el Equipo de Fútbol Chalatenango" [Cardoza Cancels Salaries in the Chalatenango Football Team]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 14 January 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  3. "Toma de Posesión en Asamblea Legislativa: Ernesto Castro Mantendrá la Presidencia del Primer Órgano de Estado Durante Periodo 2024-2027" [Inauguration of the Legislative Assembly: Ernesto Castro Will Maintain the Presidency of the First Organ of the State During the 2024-2027 Period]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  4. García, Jessica (6 May 2025). "Reynaldo López Cardoza: "No Comparto que Seamos Cárcel del Mundo"" [Reynaldo López Cardoza: "I Don't Agree That We Are the World's Prison"]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  5. Palacios, Claudia (10 April 2026). "PCN Apuesta a Lograr Dos Diputados en Chalatenango" [PCN Bets on Winning Two Deputies in Chalatenango]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  6. "Texis Cartel". InSight Crime. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  7. "Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza". El Faro (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  8. C., Jorge (6 March 2017). "FGR Intervino 12 Propiedades y 5 Cuentas Bancarias al Diputado Reynaldo López Cardoza" [The FGR Seized 12 Properties and 5 Bank Accounts Belonging to Deputy Reynaldo López Cardoza]. Office of the Attorney General (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2025.