Miguel Angel Portillo Pacheco/El Salvador/Domestic Battery, Assault, Armed Robbery

Miguel Angel Portillo Pacheco is a 29‑year‑old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador with a documented record of multiple violent offenses. His convictions include domestic battery, assault, violating a protective order, armed robbery without a firearm, and resisting a peace officer, reflecting a pattern of repeated criminal conduct.​

Portillo Pacheco claims to have entered the United States illegally in 2009. Immigration and Customs Enforcement later encountered him at McHenry County Jail in Illinois after his most recent conviction, where he was serving a sentence tied to his offenses.​

Following completion of that sentence, ICE officers took him into custody on November 19 as part of an enforcement action focused on violent offenders in the Chicago area. He now remains in ICE detention pending immigration proceedings or removal to El Salvador, with his extensive criminal history cited as a central reason for prioritizing his case.