[3] According to declassified documents from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Ochoa allegedly was a commanding officer of the El Calabozo massacre which killed over 200 people in 1982.

[4][5] He was also accused of leading the Santa Cruz massacre the year prior,[6][7] including by Philippe Bourgois.

[8] As a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), Ochoa served as El Salvador's ambassador to Honduras under President Antonio Saca from 2005 to 2009.

Ochoa was dismissed from his position by President Mauricio Funes after he accepted an award from the Honduran government which deposed President Manuel Zelaya, which Funes' government did not recognize at the time.

[5] Ochoa died in a traffic accident in San Juan Opico on 6 January 2023, at the age of 80.