Reynaldo Cardoza

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.

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).

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 succeeded by fellow PCN deputy Serafín Orantes. In 2025, Cardoza remarked that El Salvador was not "the world's prison" (""), in reference to the housing of prisoners from the United States in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).

Cardoza is seeking re-election in the 2027 legislative election.

Legal troubles

During the 2010s, Cardoza allegedly helped finance the Texis Cartel.

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.

Personal life

Cardoza is married to Alma Yaneth Gutiérrez de López.