Sergio Torres Torres Explained

Sergio Torres Torres
Office:Mayor of Corozal
Term Start:January 14, 2013
Term End:January 14, 2020
Predecessor:Roberto Hernández Vélez
Successor:Luis "Luiggi" García
Party:Popular Democratic Party (PPD)

Sergio Torres Torres is a Puerto Rican politician and the former mayor of Corozal. Torres is affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and served as mayor since 2013 until 2020.[1]

In January 2015, Mayor Torres's daughter was involved in a scandal when naked photos of her were discovered on the internet. It was not clear if the photos of her were taken when she was a minor.[2]

Torres was mayor when Hurricane Maria struck the island in September 2017 destroying the infrastructure of Corozal.[3] Torres decried the slow government response saying he didn't have enough food and water to supply the victims and that people from Corozal were having to get water from rivers or collect rain water. Consumable water was not available to many residents for weeks after the hurricane struck.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alcalde de Corozal, Elecciones Generales 2012. CEEPUR. December 29, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130115040903/http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html#es/default/ALCALDES_COROZAL.xml. January 15, 2013.
  2. Web site: Escándalo por fotos porno de hija de alcalde - Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra. es. www.telemundo51.com.
  3. News: Puerto Rico's uncounted hurricane deaths . John D. Sutter . Leyla Santiago . Khushbu Shah . McKenna Ewen . CNN. 20 November 2017 .
  4. Web site: Aislados y sin ayuda: en las montañas de Puerto Rico la asistencia tras el huracán María tarda en llegar [Isolated and without help: in the mountains of Puerto Rican assistance after Hurricane Maria comes late]]. Univision.