the mayor of the torres municipality is julio rafael chávez meléndez, elected on october 31, 2004 with 36% of the vote. he replaced javier oropeza shortly after the elections. the municipality is divided into 17 parishes; trinidad samuel, antonio díaz, camacaro, castañeda, cecilio zubillaga, chiquinquirá, el blanco, espinoza de los monteros, lara, las mercedes, manuel morillo, montaña verde, montes de oca, torres, heriberto arroyo, reyes vargas, and altagracia.