| Chumel Torres | |
| Birth Name: | José Manuel Torres Morales |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Occupation: | Comedian, YouTuber |
José Manuel "Chumel" Torres Morales[1] (born 7 May 1982) is a Mexican comedian and YouTuber.
Torres was born on 7 May 1982 in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua,[2] [3] and graduated from Mechanical Engineering at the Chihuahua Institute of Technology.[2] [3] He worked for eight years in project management of a maquiladora of medical equipment in Chihuahua.[3] [4]
Torres first gained notoriety during the 2012 Mexican general election after he wrote a tweet about a proposal by one of the then-presidential candidates, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which was retweeted by Gabriel Quadri, another presidential candidate.[2] [4] This led for him to be offered the opportunity to write columns for a blog and a weekly newspaper in Mexico City. After spending some time in the capital, he realized he would rather reach younger and more tech-savvy audiences through a YouTube series, featuring humor with a prominent theme of political satire, focusing on Latin America, specifically Mexico.[5] He says that he will never move to mainstream television channels to keep his fan base and to prevent being called a "sell out".
Torres says he will not report on stories about drug lords out of fear of lawsuits or murder.
As a presenter, he hosted the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards[6] and the 2018 Los Metro Awards.