Gustavo Villatoro

Gustavo Villatoro
Villatoro in 2025
8th Minister of Justice and Public Security of El Salvador
Assumed office
26 March 2021
PresidentNayib Bukele
Claudia Rodríguez (acting)
Preceded byRogelio Rivas
Personal details
Born
Héctor Gustavo Villatoro Funes

El Salvador
Alma materJosé Matías Delgado University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Héctor Gustavo Villatoro Funes is a Salvadoran politician and lawyer who has served as Minister of Justice and Public Security of El Salvador since 2021. During Villatoro's term, he has overseen the Salvadoran gang crackdown that has led to the arrests of over 85,000 alleged gang members as of 4 March 2025.