A member of the party Conscience of Fatherland, he represented the Chuquisaca Department in the Chamber of Deputies from 1997 to 2002.
[1] Torres entered politics in 1995, after he was invited to join Conscience of Fatherland (CONSEPA) by Carlos Palenque.
He ran for Mayor of Sucre in 1996 but was unsuccessful, finishing sixth in the final vote tally, although he won a seat on the city council.
After an eight-year retirement, Torres returned to politics in 2010 to run for Mayor of Sucre for the second time.
This time, he represented the citizen group Frente Para la Victoria (FPV), although he was again unsuccessful and only earned 3.7% of the vote.