Anthony Ortiz
Known as ‘King Anthony,’ a Latin Kings associate of Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera who died in 2017 and never testified, but whose July 19, 2014 phone activity was discussed in the 2019, 2022, and 2025 trials.
About
Ortiz is a useful reference point for anyone tracing the July 19, 2014 communications timeline and the limits of the investigation behind it. His name recurs across the phone-records testimony in multiple trials, and the questions raised about him — unobtained call records, an unconfirmed alias, an unverified address, a witness who died before he could be interviewed — mark the boundaries of what the record establishes about that morning.
Trial Record (25)
GM Garcia–Magbanua Sep 26, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019
Trial Summary
Named through the phone and cell-site record as the person Magbanua turned to on the morning of July 19, 2014, and identified in Latin Kings testimony as "King Anthony," the associate Luis Rivera reached out to when trying to locate Sigfredo Garcia.
Mentioned (11)
KM Magbanua Retrial May 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022
Trial Summary
Named in the 2022 retrial only as a discussed third party — a Miami associate of Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia known as "King Anthony" — whose phone number, July 19 communications, and absence of a documented interview became a recurring defense theme.
Mentioned (13)
DA Donna Adelson Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025
Trial Summary
Mentioned in phone-record testimony as a contact Magbanua called after failing to reach Sigfredo Garcia; Ortiz and Luis Rivera then attempted to reach Garcia during the ensuing call sequence.