One of El Salvador’s Top 100 Most Wanted fugitives has been sentenced to federal prison after his arrest in Shelby County last year.

U.S. District Court Judge Anna Manasco sentenced 30-year-old Juan Carlos Portillo to the maximum sentence of two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry after deportation, according to a joint announcement Thursday by Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.

The MS13 gang member also goes by the names Jose Alberto Zamora Zamora, Jose Alberto Lopez, Jose Alberto Zamora-Penate, Juan Alberto Zamora-Zamora, and Jose Adalberto Lopez-Lopez.

According to HSI, Portillo is currently wanted in El Salvador and has a total of six arrest warrants for aggravated kidnapping, attempted aggravated homicide, illicit association, aggravated extortion, terrorist organization, deprivation of liberty and aggravated homicide.

Authorities said Portillo is the alleged leader of one of the most violent cliques of the MS-13 gang in El Salvador. INTERPOL has also issued a Red Notice on Portillo.

Portillo was arrested nearly one year ago in Chelsea.

According to the plea agreement, Homeland Security Investigations Enforcement and Removal Operations Birmingham received a tip from ERO San Salvador that Portillo was allegedly living with one of his sisters, in Columbiana.

In August 2023, HSI ERO received information that Portillo was at a residence in Chelsea where he was working as a subcontractor.

HSI agents searched the residence and found Portillo inside. Portillo was taken into custody.

HSI ERO investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory R. Dimler prosecuted the case.