Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro is a Colombian

Colombian people

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 politician and former Mayor of the Colombian city of Valledupar

Valledupar

Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department and was founded in 1550 by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Santana. Its name, Valle de Upar , was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; Cacique Upar...

. He was elected mayor as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party

Colombian Liberal Party

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. He is the son of Edgardo Pupo Pupo and Nelly Castro Baute; his father was governor of the Department of Cesar

Cesar Department

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 and also mayor of Valledupar. Pupo is a lawyer

Lawyer

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 graduated from the Saint Thomas Aquinas University

Saint Thomas Aquinas University

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 with an MBA. He is a cousin of Rodrigo Tovar Pupo

Rodrigo Tovar Pupo

Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, was born in Valledupar, Colombia. He was the leader of the Northern Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia...

 (aka Jorge 40) a United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia

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paramilitary leader.