Mario Torres-Marin was a prosecutor for the Puerto Rico Department of Justice who died during a drug-war operation when a Puerto Rico National Guard in which he was being transported to supervise several arrests on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico crashed during severe weather north of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Prior to his appointment to that post by Governor Sila Calderon and confirmation by the Senate of Puerto Rico, Torres served as a legislative assistant to Antonio Fas Alzamora, the Senate's 12th President. He obtained his Ll.M. degree from the Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Governor Luis Fortuño declared three days of official mourning after Torres, another prosecutor and four National Guardsman perished in the crash.