 He was a student from 1985 to 1988 at the School of Communication Sciences and Journalism of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences (FCPyS) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).His father was Tomás Torres Abarca; his brother, Juan Torres Palacios, was a Professor at Instituto Tecnológico de Acapulco; and his cousin Juan Torres Miranda was the agent of the Judicial Police assigned to Coyuca de Benítez.All three men were murdered in 2001, probably by a drug-cartel hit man.