Guillermo José Torres (born 1944 in

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...

) is a retired Puerto Rican television reporter and news anchorman. Served with the U.S. Army as a Captain in the

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and later in the

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. He worked for WAPA-TV from 1969 until his retirement on August 5, 2013.

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certified he broke the record as the anchorman with the longest career in the same station after 43 years. His son Guillermo Jose Torres, Jr. followed in his footsteps and started a career in WAPA TV as a news reporter. In November 2013, he returned to Wapa in "Ahí esta la verdad" for short voiceover work. In 2017 Guillermo José Torres was inducted to the Puerto Rico Veterans Hall of Fame.

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1943 births Journalists from Ponce Living people Puerto Rican journalists Puerto Rican Army personnel Puerto Rican news anchors United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War United States Army officers World record holders {{PuertoRico-bio-stub

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