Man Extradited From Guatemala Sentenced For Child Abuse

MAMARONECK, NY — A man extradited from Guatemala who pleaded guilty to child sex abuse will be going to prison for 10 years. Luis Ortiz, 50, was sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 19 in Westchester County Court. The charge Ortiz pleaded guilty to was first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, a felony.

Ortiz, who is from El Salvador, was extradited from Guatemala, where he was living, in May and was returned to Mamaroneck Village Court on a bench warrant issued in 1998 when he did not appear in court on two felony complaints.

According to law enforcement officials, a 5-year-old victim in 1998 told her mother that Ortiz had sexually abused her while she was in his home.

The victim’s mother filed a complaint with the Village of Mamaroneck police.

Ortiz was arrested two days later and charged with first-degree sexual abuse after admitting to sexually abusing the child.

Additional charges were leveled against Ortiz after the child was interviewed a couple of weeks later.

After being arraigned on the additional charges, Ortiz made bail and then failed to appear at his next two scheduled court dates.

He was apprehended in Guatemala in August 2016 by members of the Diplomatic Security Service of the State Department and the U.S. Marshals Service.

Photo caption: Luis Ortiz. Photo credit: Westchester County District Attorney's Office.