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- 1 2 "Presos cinco congresistas más por el caso de la parapolítica". El Tiempo. February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on February 18, 2007.
- ↑ Radio, Caracol (May 16, 2008). "Condenado a siete años de prisión el senador Mauricio Pimiento". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ↑ "Rostros". www.elcolombiano.com (in Spanish). March 22, 1921. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
