Torrez
Proper noun
Meaning
Torrez (plural Torrezes)
A surname from Spanish.
Examples
Authorities didn’t arrest Torrez until 2010, after he abducted two women, and raped and choked one of them and left her to die in a forest in the snow, prosecutors said.
“I think there is a growing recognition that this isn't working,” said Bernalillo County District Attorney Raul Torrez.
“I don’t blame you for requesting this budget because I think we’ve underfunded district attorneys, public defenders and the judiciary for a long time,” Rep. Christine Trujillo, D-Albuquerque, told Torrez earlier this week.
The cases were sent out of 2nd Judicial District Attorney Raúl Torrez’s office because he is married to Nasha Torrez, the dean of students at UNM.
Torrez said his office has funding set aside for its part in the Violence Intervention Program.
"We all have an obligation to preserve and protect, you know, our democracy and in the institutions that allow us to thrive as individual citizens," Torrez added.