Chumel Torres

José Manuel "Chumel" Torres Morales[1] (born 7 May 1982) is a Mexican comedian and YouTuber.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
Chumel Torres
Torres in 2015
Born
José Manuel Torres Morales

(1982-05-07) 7 May 1982
Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Occupation(s)Comedian, YouTuber

Early life and education

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]

Career

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".[5]

Torres says he will not report on stories about drug lords out of fear of lawsuits or murder.[5]

As a presenter, he hosted the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards[6] and the 2018 Los Metro Awards.

References
  1. "Titular de la SEP responde así a crítica de 'Chumel' Torres" (in Spanish). Reporte Índigo. December 15, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  2. Trejo, Elena (4 September 2012). "Tuitero chihuahuense se 'cuela' a evento" [Twitterer from Chihuahua 'sneaks' into event]. El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. "Aldea Digital: 10 conferencias que no te puedes perder" [Digital Village: 10 conferences that you can not miss]. UN1ÓN Cancún (in Spanish). 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. Rodríguez Labastida, Javier (2017). "El ingeniero tuitero que se hizo estrella de YouTube" [The Twitter engineer who became a YouTube star]. Entrepreneur (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. Tuckman, Jo (2015-08-28). "El Pulso de la Republica: meet Chumel Torres, Mexico's answer to Jon Stewart". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  6. "MTV MIAW 2017 | ¡Todas las categorías y nominados! | MTV America Latina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
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