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- ↑ Ovalle Gil, Víctor. "Fiscalía pide condenar a David Char Navas" [Prosecutor Asks to Sentence David Char Navar]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ↑ "Tres Senadores En La Lista De Jorge 40" [Three Senators in The List of Jorge 40]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ↑ Page 59 https://www.banrep.gov.co/sites/default/files/publicaciones/archivos/10.pdf
- ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2012-06-03). "El último patriarca de los Char cuenta la historia de su familia". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ Semana (2019-04-07). "¿Quiénes son los Char?". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ "Reseña Histórica De La C.P.D. Júnior" [Historical Review of the CDP Junior] (in Spanish). Junior Barranquilla. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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