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- ↑ "Proyecto de Acuerdo No. 029 de 2006" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Bogotá D.C., City Council of. 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- 1 2 3 García Vásquez, Julio Cesar. "Ernesto Samper Pizano, Familiares Y Parentela" (PDF) (in Spanish). Interconexion Colombia. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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